* 10 points to the first person to spot the other one.

Two techniques I sometimes use in troubleshooting intermittents depending on the problem. One is the "tap" test as above and the 2nd is a thermal test, either by heat gun or by solder iron touching a suspect component. When I was a student in college I had a part time job in a high end stereo/TV shop repairing TVs, radios, tapes, amps etc. Pick up a lot of short cuts to locate problems.

Let's face it, for an item that's worth $30-$40, how much time, effort & money are you willing to invest in it to get it repaired?

If you can drop it off at your local TV repair man at the end of your soi give it a go, but if you have to travel half way over town, leave it, return to pick it up, find out it's not repairable or going to cost a couple hundred baht plus, you have to ask yourself is it worth it?

Lets see 200 baht (approx $7 USD) for repairs

A trip across town on a scooter a few times, lets say another 300 baht (again approx $10 USD)

Hmmmm, doing the math, I'd spend 17-20 USD to get my 30-40 USD unit fixed.... Then again depending on how old the unit is and how much I was willing to part with it.

But to each their own...

Depends on how much your time is worth.

At the plant where I work we currently have one of these on order, no delivery date as yet.

http://www.flixxy.com/rockwell-automation-systems.htm

At the plant where I work we currently have one of these on order, no delivery date as yet.

http://www.flixxy.com/rockwell-automation-systems.htm

Yes, that Rockwell company is quite creative. Almost as much as this Google invention:

http://www.google.com/tisp/

sorry if i,m being thick here. but. i am of the belief that the usa supply is 110v two phase = 220v. not all states i believe. so what am i missing.??. as to the difficult faults, intermittent, a hair drier and a freezer spray always did it for me. all the faults lye in between. cheers.

sorry if i,m being thick here. but. i am of the belief that the usa supply is 110v two phase = 220v. not all states i believe. so what am i missing.??. as to the difficult faults, intermittent, a hair drier and a freezer spray always did it for me. all the faults lye in between. cheers.

US - 120VAC 60Hz > http://www.kropla.com/electric2.htm

At the plant where I work we currently have one of these on order, no delivery date as yet.

http://www.flixxy.com/rockwell-automation-systems.htm

Yes, that Rockwell company is quite creative. Almost as much as this Google invention:

http://www.google.com/tisp/

One or two posters would do well to order one of these too!

http://www.thecryptmag.com/Online/29/BullshitDetector.html