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Article #1913Re: Agilent Oscilloscope - ripoff or rebadge?
From: Joerg
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 22:51
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 22:51
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Joel Koltner wrote: > "Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote in message > news:LWKSj.8203$iK6.2303@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com... >> For EEs the reason is that while they are motivated most never had exposure >> to real hardware. Because everything was given to them. When their radio, >> toy, whatever broke they just got new one and chucked the broken one. > > Yes, although starting somewhere in the '80s even if they had wanted to repair > the old one it became substantially harder as more and more discrete > components ended up inside of hard-to-source ICs. I wonder if there are even > any professional TV reapair shops left that troubleshoot to the component > level rather than just the module level? (Since of course with labor costs > being what they are relative to new modules cost, it's generally cheaper not > to do so.) > Well, let's see. Recently I have repaired: * A clock radio (solder joint at LED display) * Garage door opener (hanging relay) * Remote for garage door opener (cracked resistor) * A furnace controller (blown SCR) * A sprinkler timer (blown triac) * Numerous sprinkler valves (all sorts of broken things) * Several X10 modules (poor quality in general, IMHO) * A HP4191 (bad transistor in backup charge circuit) * A telephone (loose wire to keypad) * Lots of other stuff that I don't remember My wife manages the honey-do list and when something is done it's checked off and we go to the next item so I don't remember some stuff. Hint: Don't let your wife see this post or she may get an idea and then your Saturday's are toast ... -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
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