28 May
2007
28 May
'07
11:51 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Let's not get into that again.
On 5/27/07,
Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com> wrote:
I thought I was the person who always propsed component-level rapair and
generally got flamed for it... somehow I fail to see the logic of replacing an
entire
p/s when 3 minutes of soldering would alleviate the
problem...
Somehow that doesn't surprise me. . . But perhaps you can explain why soldering in a new
capacitor, which is
presumable a standard part available from just about any decent
electronics suppier, is mroe work than tracking down a somwwhat rare PSU.
Tony, you have lots of time on your hands. Many people here have a job,
a wife, and kids that take priority over any hobby activity. You have
space to set up a nice workshop, and not everybody is so well supplied
as you. If Eric can send an email, proffer some money, receive a power
supply in mail, plug in the new power supply and go, I can easily
imagine it takes less of his time than to fix it.
ChrisM said it would take three minutes to fix the power supply. That
is horse byproduct. It takes my soldering iron more than three minutes
to get hot. :-) Many of us don't have a well supplied junk box, so it
still takes a trip to an electronics shop or a web order to get the
replacement. Disassembling the power supply, cleaning up the mess from
the faulty cap(s), unsoldering, soldering in the new one, reassembling
the case ... it all adds up.
I can't speak for Eric, but I can easily imagine making a similar choice.