Originally Posted By: Geoff Hannis

Originally Posted By: Marky
The first question asked would be "who did that repair and why?".

Better not to fix the kit, then? frown

Originally Posted By: Mithrandir
... then I am told it could be deemed " re-engineering or altering the original design " ...

... not a "repair", then?

Yes guys (welcome to the forum, by the way) ... in our "industry", the equipment manufacturers (and their appointed servicing agents) have been extremely successful at instilling fear into the trembling heart of any tech who has the audacity to actually want to fix equipment.

It's one of the major reasons that some of us are not even interested in working for the Mighty NHS.

All that may be very well (in the minds of some, that is) in government sponsored (tax-payer funded) hospitals in "rich" countries, like the UK. But it doesn't really go down too well in other parts of the (real) world, I'm afraid.


Having worked in PCB test Engineering and semiconductors I'm well aware of how things work in other industries (the "real world").
Yes, I think a good level of fault finding to component level should be a given for any tech. However, we live in an increasingly litigeous society and I'd rather replace a PCB than end up in court. A sad situation perhaps, but that's how things are.