"Mike Barnes" wrote in message
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In uk.d-i-y, George wrote:
By the by I've come up with an ingenious idea that suit other people lie
me
who repair anything electronic...

My peepers are not up to scratch anymore when it comes to repairing
electronic circuit boards and components ie dry joints are sometimes hard
to
detect PCB tracking fractures ect ect so I am using one of the wireless
cameras I bought of ebay which the reciever is connected to a good
composite
monitor and as the camera can get real close up it reveals the finer dry
joints or circuit tracking fractures the naked eye cannot without the
help
of a magnifier.


So what do think about that? :-)

Ingenious, but rather clumsy and expensive for a magnifying glass!
Simpler options are supermarket reading glasses (strong, +3.0) or a
jeweller's loupe.

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Mike Barnes

Have you ever tried looking for dodgy component in a TV in situ? let me tell
you if your head touches the CRT PCB whilst trying to keep the Loupe in the
eye socket and at the same time browsing over the chassis, it'll wake you up
and make you have a jig around the room. ;-)