"KenO" wrote in message
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Thanks everyone for your comments.

Guess I need to elaborate so will try.

Michael Black: I was unable to see anything turn on with either batteries
or AC when pushed the power button On and Off a number of times.

What tests do you suggest I run?

Arfa Daily: "If the unit uses a 'figure 8' AC socket, this is the first
place to look...." Again what tests do you suggest I run? Can I post a
JPEG of the AC socket?

I thought I was fairly clear, Ken. "The first place to look" means exactly
that. I then went on to say "It is extremely common for these to go bad
jointed, often on just about every
pin." So, if it uses a 'figure 8' power lead - obvious, because it looks
like a figure "8" end on - then open up the unit until you can see where the
socket is soldered into a printed circuit board, then engage your mk 1
eyeball and look at the joints on the socket pins to see if any of them are
cracked around. If you don't understand what I am meaning or what that would
look like, then I think that you are probably ****ing in the wind believing
that you will be able to correctly diagnose and repair it. Sorry if that
sounds harsh, but welcome to the reality of repairing electronic items like
this ...

Arfa

Ken