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Electronics Repairers - Vivisector
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wood.uma
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2mo ago
Tried hot-air rework on a stubborn HDMI port, ended up melting a nearby capacitor
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felixlane
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2mo ago
Got a JVC VCR from 1985 that put up a real fight today
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lucast81
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3mo ago
Tried hot air rework on a corroded laptop board and it backfired badly
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simonk98
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3mo ago
Found a bad capacitor on a 10 year old Samsung TV by just listening for the buzz
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thomas_price
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3mo ago
TIL a dead capacitor can look perfectly fine
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the_brian
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3mo ago
TIL I was cleaning flux residue wrong for 6 years
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maxl93
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3mo ago
Had a customer last week tell me I should just replace boards instead of fixing them
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ivan_harris
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3mo ago
Hit 10 years fixing boards and just found out I was using flux wrong the whole time
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carr.abby
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3mo ago
Tried a cheap hot air station vs my old Weller iron for a stubborn HDMI port
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emmaking
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3mo ago
Why does nobody talk about that tiny capacitor on Pioneer amp boards
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phoenix_grant
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3mo ago
Customer told me my cap replacement looked sloppy... he was right.
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fiona_hunt71
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3mo ago
TIL cheap desoldering pumps are actually fine for most jobs
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smith.elliot
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3mo ago
Found out most repair shops just toss old capacitors instead of testing them with an ESR meter
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gavin_kim
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4mo ago
Walked into a mom-and-pop repair shop in Fresno last weekend and got an earful
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grantw41
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4mo ago
Guy swore solder paste was good enough for through-hole jobs
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