whisky-dave wrote
Rod Speed wrote
whisky-dave wrote
Rod Speed wrote
whisky-dave wrote
Rod Speed wrote

There's also the cost of someone's time to be taken into
account. DIY repairs can be worth doing, but paying
someone do to the job is most likely uneconomic.

Indeed, which is why a DIYer with a little bit of knowledge can
cost effectively do many things that are not viable to others.

Just think how many electronic devices one can repair and carry on
using for the cost of a couple of capacitors, 10 minutes and some
solder?

Indeed, one can often make / save £50-£100ph fixing electronics.
The idea that it ain't worthwhile is just popular myth.

Today I fixed a microwave. Insulation on HT wires had broken down.
Patched it up, all done in about 20 minutes. It would cost at least
£20
to replace, probably more, so that's £60+ per hour. And it saved me
time, it would take longer to find/buy/collect one, then dispose of
the old one.

You have a choice get a dozen of these electrically tested for £1.29
per test

Only someone as stupid as you would go that route.

No only manamgment or accountants would take that route.

I get told that the testers are coming in to test all
our electrical equipment and the get it ready for
them where possible, so that's what I do.

Doesn't happen when fixing your own microwave at home.

depends what you mean by fixing doesn't it.

Nope.

So how do you test a HV microwave diode,

If it looks like it likely is the problem, you replace it
and see if that fixes the problem. Even someone as
stupid as you should be able to work that one out
if someone was actually stupid enough to lend you
a seeing eye dog and a white cane.

and where do you buy a replacement
microwave unit or do you make your own.

I've been telling management for the past two years that
we don;t really need everything testing but they seem to
think the professional approach and the ensure H&S iit to
employ tester to stick stickers on the plugs and equipment
then if anything goes wrong we know who to blame, but
I dont think mamangment have a clue but it's their job.

I just did what made sense and management never got any say at all.

Is that how you built yuor house.

That is how I operated at work. You're too
stupid to do that ? Your problem, as always.

If yuo look it up you'll find that admin
here uses the Peter Principle system.

So anyone with even half a clue doesn't let them get any say.

I'm not in charge of managment, I don't employ them.

You do get to do an end run around their terminal stupiditys
if you have even half a clue and aren't just cleaning the dunnys.

While in theory we were supposed to put out to tender
the more expensive purchases, it was in fact trivially
easy to drive a full carrier battle group thru that
system and I didn't do anything like that, ever.

any fool can break a system.

Only fools do what is completely stupid. You clearly qualify.