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When I was young I would watch my father repair all sorts of things that he was never trained or taught how to do. One day I asked him how did you figure out how to fix that "thing", and his reply has forever stayed with me "there's nothing to doing it but to doing it". Since then I have never let a lack of knowledge get in my way of at least trying.

As a kid I took everything apart. Sometimes I was able to put it back together.

As an adult, I made up my mind that the best way to learn something was to teach it.

-Chris

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-Chris

My electronics knowledge is limited to ---- well, almost none! But my repair tech is very knowledgeable. I just take my components to him for diagnostic & repair.

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I would agree, but it doesn't have to be that way. In Boo's case, it wasn't really that costly degree that came in to play, but common sense. He listened, and noted the breakup during movement. Common sense indicates a break/short. When he looked, he SAW the break and bridged it. No schematics to read, no meters or scopes, just common sense.

As for the cost of learning some basic electronics ( reading a schematic, recognizing components and what they do, using a multimeter and some soldering): This sort of instructional material is available for around $50 or less - a sound business investment. Heck, these days if one takes the time they might find it free on line.

The only real investment is the time to read it and practice a little. Mrmarog's father (and mine) were right. It's just a matter of doing it.

We are talking about THOUSANDS of dollars added to the profit margin in return for a few minutes and a few bucks.

IMHO, just good business to know something about ALL the facets of of said business- especially when it's so cheap and easy in this case.

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I agree the skills needed to make this repair did not need to come with a degree. I did need a multi-meter to find the open. My first thought was actually a wire break at a solder joint as I couldn't visually see the break. So I first pulled the wires, trimmed\tinned and re-soldered them in. Next, it was 5 minutes of tracking with an Ohm meter. I just went joint to joint until I found an open. When checking, press with the leads to see if you can make or break a fault at a connection.

If you don't have a multi meter, I suggest you get one. Put the meter in Ohm mode and put the leads together. The meter will read zero. This means the connection is closed\shorted. Take the leads apart and this shows an open. Follow the lighter colored traces on circuit boards to see where the tracks lead. Touch the two meter leads to the joints on either side and the meter should read zero. That's the basic skill needed to look for cracks, opens or bad solder joints. Looking for unwanted shorts are much more complicated aside from visibly seeing something that doesn't look right. Usually, a short will show themselves quite readily..

A quick YouTube tutorial on soldering joints will get you up to speed in a few minutes.

It's extremely easy to check and repair XLR cables with an ohm meter.. The thing can pay for itself in fixing two or three cables.

i have found that 90% of the "problems" that arise can be fixed by just stopping and looking at what you have in front of you. take it logically step by step from the beginning (not turning on, is it plugged into the wall, is that outlet on, is my power conditioner on...etc....).

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