"Leonard Caillouet" wrote in message
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"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
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"carneyke" wrote in message
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I have to agree with Leonard, somtimes it's blown fuses / diodes and
sometimes, well scrap !!!!!



The point I was making, however, is that often it is the unseen damage
that comes back to bite you on the arse a few weeks later, that is the
big issue with lightning damage. On many occasions, I have repaired what
appeared to be ' simple ' lightning damage to a power supply or whatever,
only to have the job come bouncing back 3 weeks later with the extremely
expensive micro dead, and a customer in tow bleating that I only fixed it
3 weeks ago, and that I should repair it again under warranty ...

If it's your own unit, and you find something like a blown fuse, then
fine, go ahead and replace it. You might strike lucky and it will be fine
for ever more. Just don't be surprised if the unit mysteriously fails
again with a different problem, for no apparent reason, sooner rather
than later. By this time, it will be too late, of course, to get it
replaced on your insurance ...

Arfa

I have been fixing lightning damaged items for a couple of decades and
have seen very few problems of this type come back to bite me. I have
more of a problem with really old equipment bouncing back.

Leonard


That's for sure Leonard ! Why is it that customers think that items 20 years
old should still be fixable, reliably, and for a nonsensically low price ?
In recent years, I've managed to persuade most of the stores that I do work
for, not to take in anything older than about 7 years, unless they call and
ask me first ( so that nice old Quad amps and things that really ARE
repairable and worth doing, don't slip past ).

I reckon that you've been lucky with your lightning damaged kit. Either
that, or we have more aggressive lightning round here ... !! d;-)

Arfa