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is there a `getting started` how to sort of thing anywhere i can read up on?

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Al

Jan 1, 1970
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is there a `getting started` how-to, faq, etc... out there for TV repair? I
have a multimeter, and soldiering gun (nice one), but i need to know how to
test/check the various components and diagnose the problem, anything would
be helpfull, as i just paid 360$ to repair my last tv, and i know it costed
them about .60 cents and 10minutes of thier time, sick of getting ripped
off!
 
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Damir

Jan 1, 1970
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is there a `getting started` how-to, faq, etc... out there for TV repair? I
have a multimeter, and soldiering gun (nice one), but i need to know how to
test/check the various components and diagnose the problem, anything would
be helpfull, as i just paid 360$ to repair my last tv, and i know it costed
them about .60 cents and 10minutes of thier time, sick of getting ripped
off!
Use Google and do some browsing.
And do not be so naive.It took years to learn repairing electronics.
 
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RJ

Jan 1, 1970
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It is no different than my root canal...3.13 cents worth of metal and 45
min. of B.S. Charged (and I paid) $ 587.00. Knowledge and expertise cost
MONEY. Look at real estate, banking, legal and software and the computer
"experts" before going after the BIG BAD TV SHOPS.

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Tom

Jan 1, 1970
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Ever since they took the tube testers out of all the drug stores in
America, evil men (most likely associated with the Tri-Lateral Commission &
NAFTA) have plotted to stop home-repair of tv/appliances and take your
electronic repair money.

Same thing happened when they put computers in cars.

I agree- it's excessive. They charge it because people will pay.
 
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Sam Goldwasser

Jan 1, 1970
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And you know this because????

It's possible you were ripped off but how do you know? Just because the
bill was high?

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Al

Jan 1, 1970
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Actually, i always request they give me the parts that were bad when i had
them repair the tv, he gave me 2 caps, i priced them out at mcm to be .30
each. to the shop costing 100-200 per hour to be open, perhaps, but they
have 2-6 techs working. oh and the tv i took in, i took them the lightbox,
so it was disassembled for the most part, and the parts needing replaced
were on board a, which was held in place by 2 screws and about 14 wires. i
just think the prices they charge are a joke, i thought the same about pc
techs and automotive techs, so i got my ase cert. and my a++ cert., but now
electronic's repair has me angry so i want to learn it..... so i asked a
simple question if there was a basic how-to, or something to get me started
in general, and all this other conversation spawned.
 
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Mark D. Zacharias

Jan 1, 1970
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Oh, here we go again. Yes there are persons in the repair industry who
probably charge more than they need to for a given repair.
Then again, the "Low Wal-Mart Price" mentality has forced the profit out of
most all smaller repairs, so the only way to even stay in business is to
charge more on those pieces which are actually worth fixing.

In other words,

"Waahh!"


Mark Z.
 
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RJ

Jan 1, 1970
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Go For It.......I have been a tech for 43 years---TV, Projection TV, LPTV,
High Definition TV, VCRs (BETA and VHS and "C" and 8mm), camcorders (8mm,
"C", VHS, Digital), and this is not an easy thing to learn. 2 years
schooling, over 100 mfg "Donkey Shows", self learning from books, on the
road and on the bench. Do I charge $200-$400 to replace 2 30 cent
capacitors, you bet I do, but I am a TECHNICIAN---not a "cherry picker", a
"shotgun repair idiot" or a moron. I retired last year...in my retirement I
work for shops, do work shops won't do, clean up messes form unqualified
consumers and "technicians. I also make about $ 80,000 a year and pick and
choose who I want to do work for. GO FOR IT ! It is a lot of work, study and
frustration, but if you can live through it and be come good at it after
20-30 years then you will truly be independent, emotionally and financially.
Shop owner have by true admiration having to put up with "know it all
consumers" that are dumber than a brick and in most cases don't have a pot
to piss in.

R
 
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Leonard Caillouet

Jan 1, 1970
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Just let this guy try to fix the next problem himself and see how long it
takes him to find that $.30 part, if ever. We get the last laugh. We all
know that nobody is getting rich fixing TVs and shops that rip people off
don't last.

Leonard Caillouet
 
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Chaos Master

Jan 1, 1970
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Al screamed:
is there a `getting started` how-to, faq, etc... out there for TV repair? I
have a multimeter, and soldiering gun (nice one), but i need to know how to
test/check the various components and diagnose the problem, anything would
be helpfull, as i just paid 360$ to repair my last tv, and i know it costed
them about .60 cents and 10minutes of thier time, sick of getting ripped
off!

www.repairfaq.org is this group's FAQ. Very good stuff.
 
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Al

Jan 1, 1970
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oh god! can it be? someone actually responded to my post with an answering
regarding the original post's question? holy shit!!!! I can barely believe
it! thanks chaos master.
 
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JW

Jan 1, 1970
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Shop owner have by true admiration having to put up with "know it all
consumers" that are dumber than a brick and in most cases don't have a pot
to piss in. ^^^

Logarithmic or linear?

(rimshot)
 
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Damir

Jan 1, 1970
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.........................................................................................., but now
electronic's repair has me angry so i want to learn it..... so i asked a
simple question if there was a basic how-to, ...................................

<snip>

No, for angry people :)))
 
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Al

Jan 1, 1970
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are you referring to using `answering` instead of `answer`? you know it's
getting pathetic when someone starts to make fun of your typing, that's
about an juvenile as it gets, I suggest you grow up.
 
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Tom MacIntyre

Jan 1, 1970
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Actually, i always request they give me the parts that were bad when i had
them repair the tv, he gave me 2 caps, i priced them out at mcm to be .30
each. to the shop costing 100-200 per hour to be open, perhaps, but they
have 2-6 techs working. oh and the tv i took in, i took them the lightbox,
so it was disassembled for the most part, and the parts needing replaced
were on board a, which was held in place by 2 screws and about 14 wires. i
just think the prices they charge are a joke, i thought the same about pc
techs and automotive techs, so i got my ase cert. and my a++ cert.,

Where are those certifications from?
but now
electronic's repair has me angry so i want to learn it.....

http://www.twysted-pair.com/
http://pneuma.phys.ualberta.ca/~gingrich/phys395/notes/phys395.html
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/trinity/elec2.html
http://www.sweethaven.com/acee/
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/index.html
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/g_knott/
http://home.wxs.nl/~heuvelvdg/electronics/schematics.html
http://www.cabl.com/restaurant/electronics.html
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/1997/ph161/l2.html
http://www.electronicstheory.com/
http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/electricCircuits/
http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/
http://www.tpub.com/neets/
http://www.tpub.com/index.htm
http://pcdi-homestudy.com/courses/el/outline.html
http://www.repairfaq.org

Have fun. Come and see us in about 3-5 years when you've absorbed all
of this stuff. :)

Tom
 
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Tom MacIntyre

Jan 1, 1970
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anything would

If they're paying .60 cents for parts they're not buying in quantity.....

Way to stir the pot, John... :)

Tom
 
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Al

Jan 1, 1970
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ase certification i got after completeing UTI, and a++ i got in high school
,during my computer class.
 
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