This device was brought to my shop for repair. It was a Casio calculator that has a tiny printer on it. The customer explained that he bought this machine recently and it was working fine. Later on I found out how wrong that customer’s statement was. Let us take a look
It is an old beat up calculator that was not worth the repair but for some reason the customer insisted that he want it fixed. Read More
A computer technician brought this laptop for repair. The laptop was completely dead and there was sign of life in it except the voltage reading on the main power socket from the inside of the laptop.
The laptop was already opened when it got to my shop.
As I entered church Sunday morning, the place was really dark and no electricity. I asked the pastor what was wrong because I thought it was no electricity from the main line of the company. He smiled and said no, we have an issue here in the building. Something has triggered the earth leakage button on the main electrical panel. After a long search, we found what was wrong. Take a look.
A German organization manager brought this for repair. This manager is a wise man. He goes around in his own car and looks for devices that were thrown away by people and gets these devices fixed for cheap; he uses them in his organization. That is where I come in as technician to help him out by getting them fixed for cheap.
He brought me a heating radiator that was completely dead. Take a look
My brother next door brought me this board for repair. He said that someone else tried to fix it but could not find the right part for it. He already told me the main problem with this board; it was the main transformer.
I checked the main power outputs on these two fuses and I was supposed to get 12 DC volt on both but there was no reading whatever. I traced it back and I confirmed what my brother has said about the transformer being the main fault on this board. Read More