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| tabbypurr@gmail.com: Aug 19 05:30AM -0700 On Friday, 16 August 2019 14:32:30 UTC+1, Fox's Mercantile wrote: > going to waste my time "trouble shooting" things I know are > bad, or will fail soon. > It's not called shotgunning, it's called not wasting my time. based on a sample of one. What's appropriate varies a lot. Some are better not messed with, some are best with papers replaced & lytics kept, some are basket cases that need every cap changing from the start, some want some bits changing and some there's no erasn to, etc. One approach suits all is the typical fool's guide. NT |
| Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Aug 19 08:14AM -0500 > bits changing and some there's no erasn to, etc. > One approach suits all is the typical fool's guide. > NT Do you argue because you're ignorant, or because like Arlen you just want to hear yourself prattle on? Apparently, some people think troubleshooting means wasting time finding "that one part" while risking collateral damage to the thing on the bench when the "there was more than one" suddenly fails. The other reasons are equally fraudulent. "My time is VERY important, I can't be arsed to replace something." Or, "I saved $0.45 not replacing a part that hasn't failed yet." Or the hacks that leave the old leads and make hook splices or use Kwiggs(tm) to install the new parts. "But the old terminal might fall/come apart if I try removing the old lead." I guess that just shows a lack of skill on their part. But go ahead and tell me again how you know everything and the rest of us are just too stupid to pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the heel. -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com |
| Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net>: Aug 19 10:28AM -0400 In article <vJ6dnbyXyJw4PcfAnZ2dnUU7-RHNnZ2d@giganews.com>, jdangus@att.net says... > The other reasons are equally fraudulent. > "My time is VERY important, I can't be arsed to replace something." > Or, "I saved $0.45 not replacing a part that hasn't failed yet." I believe in replacing all the old parts if one has failed if the cost or time benefits doing it. At work we had a factory man in to repair a motor speed control. The motor was 3 phase 480 volts at about 200 or 300 amps. The man found 2 bad power diodes. I asked him to replace the 3 rd one. He said they were about $ 200 each. I told him it was costing us a few thousand dollars for every hour the machine was down and lots of money to get him in the plant. The $ 200 was just good insurance to me. That diode was probably ok, but I was not going to chance it failing in a day or month later. I only work on my own equipment now and if I find one bad part and there are several more like it of the same age (on very old equipment especially) I usually replace them all if not too expensive. I started playing around with the old Heathkit transceivers a year or two ago. Found out that many times the 1/2 watt resistors have changed values. While I do not take time to replace all of them like I should, I do spend time checking every one and replacing the ones that are slightly or on the edge of the tollorance. If I was doing the repair for money, I would replace every one of them in the 50 year old equipment. |
| "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: Aug 19 08:07AM -0700 My position is that as a hobbyist, I have two (2) responsibilities when dealing with *my* vintage equipment: a) That it is as safe as may be practical/possible given its type and vintage. This means that _every_ electrolytic and/or wax/paper cap. b) Presumably, I will not be the 'last owner' of my goodies - so what I have done, and how I have done it becomes a matter of communication with the future. These devices are appliances - and we are not limited to using vintage parts and pieces, we are not limited to ancient practices either. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
| Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>: Aug 19 10:13AM -0500 On 8/19/19 9:28 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote: > I believe in replacing all the old parts if one has > failed if the cost or time benefits doing it. A point that some refuse to consider. -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com |
| "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: Aug 19 04:03AM -0700 Maybe we should all get together and chip so that Jeff U. and Phil A. can meet. There is a real potential for an outcome along the lines of the Kilkenny Cats: There once were two cats of Kilkenny, Each thought there was one cat too many, So they fought and they fit, And they scratched and they bit, Till, excepting their nails And the tips of their tails, Instead of two cats, there weren't any. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
| "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: Aug 19 05:13AM -0700 On Friday, August 16, 2019 at 3:07:26 PM UTC-4, Jeff Urban wrote: > Whether he survives or not is a different issue, know what my Father's last words were to me ? "Get the fuck out". Why is that not a surprise? Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
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