ELECTRONIC REPAIR NOTES ----------------------- If you're one of those people who calls for an electrician to change your lightglobes then this set of notes on the diagnosis and repair of electronic appliances is not for you. If, however, you like to tinker with appliances, hate paying those high fees to tradesmen, or perhaps are one of those tradesmen looking for an edge, then read on. Samuel M. Goldwasser has released a series of electronic repair notes in HTML format on the internet ( see http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/ ). These are a wonderful set of documents that cover a wide range of electronic equipment and an equally wide range of users' technical ability and experience. I am indebted to Samuel for his contribution and also for the fact he has granted permission for reproduction of the documents. You can contact Samuel via e-mail on: sam@stdavids.picker.com To allow a larger number of users to take advantage of these notes, I have converted them to AmigaGuide format and released them on Aminet. Hopefully they will filter down to those people who don't have Web access to the Internet. I have set the default viewer to Multiview. This should be fine for OS3.x users but for OS2.x users they will probably need to change the icon's default tool to AmigaGuide. (To do this click once on the icon, select the Icons/Info item from the WorkBench menu and, when the requester window appears, click in the Default Tool string requester, delete Multiview and replace it with AmigaGuide Then click on the Save button and you're away.) Contents: I have split the documents into two groups, mainly so that the archives would fit on normal floppy disks. ER_1.lha Electronic-Repair.readme This document Monitor-Repair.guide Repair of computer & video monitors Monitor-Testing.guide Testing of computer & video monitors Remote-Control.guide Repair of remote control units Repair-Briefs.guide Set of anecdotal repair briefs TV-Repair.guide TV repair and diagnosis VCR-Repair.guide VCR repair and diagnosis Safety.readme Notes on safety ER_2.lha Electronic-Repair.readme This document Appliance-Repair.guide Repair of small household appliances Audio-Repair.guide Repair of audio equipment CD-Repair.guide Repair of CD players & CDRom drives Flash-Unit.guide Electronic flash units & strobe lights Microwave-Repair.guide Repair of microwave ovens Switchmode-Repair.guide Repair of switchmode power supplies Inverter.iff | Teeny.iff |Schematics for Switchmode-Repair.guide Trigger.iff | Safety.readme Notes on safety IMPORTANT NOTE: Fiddling around inside TVs, microwave ovens or any electrical appliance CAN BE LETHAL. Please read the attached note on safety ( Safety.readme ) before attempting any repair work. If you are unsure of any procedure or have any doubts about your ability to do a particular job, do not attempt it. I will not be held responsible for your death, injury or the destruction of any of your equipment. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Warnings aside, I hope that these notes will be of help. Mike Fuller