maxl93•17d agoMost Upvoted

Had a customer last week tell me I should just replace boards instead of fixing them

He said it's cheaper and faster to swap a whole power supply board than to spend 45 minutes tracking down a bad cap, and now I'm wondering if I'm being stubborn about component-level repair when most people just want their stuff working again. Has anyone else had this debate with a client and changed their mind?

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charlies3717d ago

Man, last guy who said that to me ended up paying double when the new board fried from the same bad cap I pointed out.

logan_wood17d ago

Reminds me of the time I fixed my toaster and it zapped me back.

wilson.olivia17d ago

Wait, "zapped me back"? That's not really how it works with a toaster. The shock comes from the capacitor in the power supply, it doesn't "zap back" at you like it's alive or something. You probably just touched the wrong terminal while it was still plugged in. Unplug it first, always. A toaster's not gonna fight you, its just old electronics holding a charge.