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* ....And Another One Bites the Dust!Cursitor Doom
+- Re: ....And Another One Bites the Dust!john larkin
`- Re: ....And Another One Bites the Dust!Edward Rawde

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I find that about 20% of the stuff I try to repair I just make worse
and end up throwing it in the garbage. The reason in every case is
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down to ham-fistedness and carelessness. Fortunately I don't do this
for a living and none of the stuff that blows up belongs to anyone
else. Funny thing is, you'd expect to get better over time with this
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activity, but I haven't. My kill rate remains at one in five and there
doesn't seem to be anything I can do about it.The other day I had a
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an electrolytic cap that I'd diligently re-formed before fitting it.
It brushed against something it shouldn't have done in the process and
*bang!* another one went west. Sigh...
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I find that about 20% of the stuff I try to repair I just make worse
and end up throwing it in the garbage. The reason in every case is
down to ham-fistedness and carelessness. Fortunately I don't do this
for a living and none of the stuff that blows up belongs to anyone
else. Funny thing is, you'd expect to get better over time with this

Subject: Re: ....And Another One Bites the Dust!
From: john larkin
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On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:11:31 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:

>I find that about 20% of the stuff I try to repair I just make worse
>and end up throwing it in the garbage. The reason in every case is
>down to ham-fistedness and carelessness. Fortunately I don't do this
>for a living and none of the stuff that blows up belongs to anyone
>else. Funny thing is, you'd expect to get better over time with this
>activity, but I haven't. My kill rate remains at one in five and there
>doesn't seem to be anything I can do about it.The other day I had a
>vintage tape recorder burst into flames because I forgot to discharge
>an electrolytic cap that I'd diligently re-formed before fitting it.
>It brushed against something it shouldn't have done in the process and
>*bang!* another one went west. Sigh...

I tell my engineers: Stop. Think.

Subject: Re: ....And Another One Bites the Dust!
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"Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote in message news:ect1jjdbn2lpeehjha3lvpj75kpp1blav6@4ax.com...
>I find that about 20% of the stuff I try to repair I just make worse
> and end up throwing it in the garbage. The reason in every case is
> down to ham-fistedness and carelessness. Fortunately I don't do this
> for a living and none of the stuff that blows up belongs to anyone
> else. Funny thing is, you'd expect to get better over time with this
> activity, but I haven't. My kill rate remains at one in five and there
> doesn't seem to be anything I can do about it.The other day I had a
> vintage tape recorder burst into flames because I forgot to discharge
> an electrolytic cap that I'd diligently re-formed before fitting it.
> It brushed against something it shouldn't have done in the process and
> *bang!* another one went west. Sigh...

I was definitely much better at equipment repair 40 years ago.
These days I'd rather not touch hardware if possible.

Sometimes I get asked to fix computers but if a box full of dust has motherboard failure then I don't want to know, other than maybe
extracting data from the hard drive.

If a box full of valves has microphone failure or needs electrolytic capacitor replacement then I might take it on.

Otherwise I'll stick with firewalls and cybersecurity so that I only have to configure hardware by sitting at a computer and not
repair it.

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