"Ken" wrote in message ...

"When stuck on a problem, take a break and start over a day or so
later." I cannot tell you how many problems I solved while doing that.
Sometimes getting just getting away from the problem allows clearer
thought.


That often works. If possiable after working on a problem for a while, as
someone else to take a look at it. Don't even tell him what you have done
or checked.

I found that it is beter for me when asked for help to not even listen to
what others have checked. It does pay to listen to see what parts they may
have changed out. Then check those parts to make sure they are good and
installed correctly.

I have done two things that rate as my worst boners. First was a problem
with a SCR temperature controler. Thought I had repaired it, but when
turning on the power it would blow a fuse. Did that 3 times and I just
could not understand it. The next fuse I installed, I checked it and it was
bad. Turned out when I checked the parts bin that half of the new ones were
bad.

Another one was when I replaced a part that came with about 20 feet of 5
wire cable of about # 20 wire. I used the old wire to pull the new wire
through the conduit. Some how I got distracted for a while and then when I
connected the wires, I had forgotten to cut off the old wire. That ment I
connected one end of the old wire back up and the other end was not
connected to anything. I asked someone else to see what it was that I had
done wrong as I knew it must be something simple that I over looked. He
took one look in the junction box and asked why there was so much wire in
it. Then found out what I had did wrong.