"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
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"Just Another Theremin Fan" wrote in message
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Arfa Daily wrote:

The OP is not a professional repairer,

That's stating the obvious! He's a bodger...

His house is not going to burn down as a
result - even if the shaft breaks again, and the piece of wire does
become
exposed - and how that is going to have any effect is beyond me anyway.

OK have it your way. The risk of exposed wires sticking out of a telly
is perfectly safe!

really are just being pedantic about this.

If having good safety standards is "being pedantic" than call me
pedantic!

He's not a bodger - in fact we don't know what he is other than a person
who asked a perfectly reasonable question on a newsgroup dedicated to such
items. As far as " wires sticking out of a telly " goes, where does this
come from ? Any fool with two brain cells can see that this ridiculous
statement bears no relevance to anything that's been said in the thread by
any one other than yourself. Clearly, exposed wires sticking out of a
television set is a serious safety issue, and no one in their right mind
would suggest otherwise, but a solid repair to a plastic shaft, on a
switch worked by a plastic extension untouchably secured inside a monitor
cabinet, can by no means be construed as a serious safety issue. Yes, I
called you pedantic ( which is a lot more polite than what you called
myself and Leonard ) and if you insist that this really is a safety
standard issue, then I stand by that. I really don't have a problem with
you having high safety standards, and like most, if not all of the
professionals who frequent this group, I would NEVER advocate anything
which would be generally considered in the business, to be dangerous to
life or hazardous in terms of property damage. I too have high safety
standards, but applied in a sensible way. In 35 years, no repair of mine
has ever electrocuted anyone, or burnt their house down.

Clearly, we're never going to see eye to eye on this, so I think we'll
have to just agree to differ, and leave it to the OP to decide if he
considers it safe to repair his switch, or tries to get a manufacturer's
replacement.

Arfa

I thought I was the pedantic asshole on this group. LOL. Obviously, this
guy is just trying to demonstrate his superiority by finding something to
criticize. Just let him be, Arfa, and don't waste you time on him anymore.

Like you, I would never advocate kludging a power switch or other safety
related item. Patching plastic parts that are often not available or are
part of expensive assemblies is another matter and is clearly a different
matter.

Leonard