Hit 500 board repairs in my shop last Tuesday

I passed 500 board-level repairs last Tuesday on a old Samsung TV power supply. It surprised me because I never actually counted them before, I just fix stuff as it comes in. That number made me realize how much I've learned since I started doing this out of my garage in Des Moines four years ago. Has anyone else tracked their repair count and been surprised by the number?

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eric_price20d ago

500 is a solid milestone, man. That number sneaks up on you because youre too busy focusing on the next fix to stop and tally it up. For me, it was hitting 1000 repairs on a junky old microwave that clicked everything into place - it proved I wasnt just lucky but actually getting good at this. Keeping a simple count in a notebook helped me spot which failures kept coming back and that saved me tons of time later. You probably learned way more than you realize from those 500 boards, especially on those older Samsung power supplies that are notorious for bad caps and cold solder joints.

lisa_wilson8720d ago

500 boards huh? Guess that means you've been zapped by enough caps to finally know which end of the soldering iron not to grab with your bare hand.