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Restorer79:
Hi All: Been away from the trade for a quite while due to Accident / Illness.
Want to get back into things now but looking for advice on anything i might need to get Equipment wise, that I have'nt thought of. Already have the following:
Good Analogue & Digital Multimeters. 50Mhz Dual beam scope. Frequency counter. 50 Mhz Logic probe. Signal / Pattern Generators.
Variable power supply. Illuminated Bench Magnifier. ESR Meter. Desoldering station. Hot air Re-work / SMD soldering station. CRT Analyser/ Rejuvenator for older stuff.
Large stock of General components inc SMD.
Any Advice welcome: Andy
Also any thoughts on the Viability of in home service ?
Turnip:
Hi Andy, and welcome back,
Personally find service calls are a matter of plugging plugs, pressing buttons and writing help charts. Always suggest that mild thought and following OSG info is an easier way but they always get me writing - useful, but not when they press the wrong button and nothing else on the crib sheet works.
Otherwise, seems to be PS caps (ESR meter) Eeproms (with all that involves) and Ebay - best of luck - Chris.
PS - Avoid plasma unless you intend to spend a fortune in spare panels and have customers where cost isn't an issue, as there's little useful reclaimed stuff about - cheapish.
PPS - These days we are technicians at best (engineers have the math) Was worried when 'Television' mag folded for the second time and lost some cash, but Quuq arose and sorted most of our problems with pertinent feedback - but still starving.
Restorer79:
Hi Chris: Thanks for the reply & welcome mate, hoping to ease back into things over the next Month or so & no doubt going to be asking some bone questions along the way and ending up :41: but hey sometimes you've just gotta take the plunge.
Got a lot of reading to do on LCD & Plasma first. Wish we had this Forum years ago, might have made life easier. Although I prefer to be a 1 man band, It's nice to have other Engineers to bounce ideas off when your stuck on a fault. Seems the Trade is changeing for the better & Engineers are realising we're all in the same boat and need to help each other out if we can.
Thanks for the Tip on Plasma, customers around here are tighter than the proverbial Ducks :93: so may well give them a miss.
Enjoy your weekend: Andy
tv tony:
Hello,
Good to see you on the forum, been away long? My new toy is the GQ4X Programmer, bought from a similar site to this, arrived yesterday from Canada, didnt do a single repair yesterday, too busy playing with it.very versatile.
Reading this post it looks a bit spammish, but its not, take care all and stay lucky.
Tony Walker
Restorer79:
Hi Tony & thanks for your reply, this seems to be a nice friendly Forum. I've been away from full time repairs for nearly 10 years now altogether. So got a lot of catching up to do :72: Plenty of light bedtime reading to put me to sleep Lol.
Gotta be honest i hate DVD's, VCR's etc so will probably end up just doing T.V & Vintage stuff.
You sound a bit like me, get a shiny new piece kit & ya gotta play with it :thumbup:
P.S: Just had a read up on the GQ-4X, looks like a useful bit of kit.
Andy
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