Re: Food waste on TV

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:44:12 +0100, Richard Brooks wrote:

I feel more and more angered by technology, for the sake of a resistor or
capacitor (costing a few pence) which, in the old days would have been
removed from the board and had a replacement part put in, to get the thing
working nowadays would have the whole thing thrown into landfill.

Some of us still do that. Electrolytic capacitors have experienced notable
quality issues in recent years, so that's one of the most common causes of
failure for modern devices. Typically, replacing every cap in a device is
only a quid or two, so it's often quite worthwhile. I've personally done a
VHS VCR PSU and a PSU for a 100Mbit switch.

I just wish my fault-finding skills were somewhat more advanced. At the
moment they pretty much consist of a) look for obvious dry joints and
resolder them, then b) replace all the electrolytics on spec. :-(

Richard.

Best Regards,
Alex.
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