"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Michael A. Terrell wrote:

N_Cook wrote:

This usenet group is called sci.electronics.repair not how you would like it
sci.electronics.chuck_it_and_buy_new

So? There is a fine line where it is a matter of ego, instead of
repairing something.

Really? This comes up all the time on a one make classic car forum I read.
I'll open up things like switches and relays and clean them if they give
trouble. Most there seem to think it's better to buy new or used. And of
course 'new' parts that are 25 years old can have corrosion on the
contacts too. With a hobby, it doesn't matter much if it takes time to fix
something like that out of all proportion to the cost of replacement. It's
the satisfaction you get from doing it which is priceless.


Yes, really. Even in a hobby, some things waste too much time and
money. Those switches, for instance. If the insulators are cracked and
the contacts mostly burnt away your time would be better spent finding
one in better condition and refurbishing it.

That 25 year old NOS switch would be easier to refurbish, unless they
were all total crap when they were made. I have seen NOS thumbwheel
switches that had tuned to mush from the contact lubricant used by the
manufacturer. How would you fix that?

I've scrapped new PC boards that cost us $8,000 to build, after
finding internal shorts on the 16 layer circuit board. The board house
was paid to test every blank board before shipping them to us. They had
to pay for the scrap. There was no legitimate way to repair it, and
still meet our standards so it would never be shipped to a customer.


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