Rant: The advice from a guy named Dave at a repair shop in Akron

Dave told me to always check the solder joints on older TV power boards before replacing anything. I thought he was just being lazy, so I ignored him and swapped out a whole capacitor kit on a 2007 Samsung. Three wasted hours later, I finally looked at the joints and found a cold solder spot that fixed it in five minutes. Has anyone else had a local repair guy give you advice that sounded too simple but actually worked?

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oscarw8327d ago

Local HVAC guy told me to just clean the contactor points on my AC unit instead of buying a new one. Saved me $200 and took ten minutes.

graygonzalez27d agoMost Upvoted

I sanded down some old battery terminals on my truck once and it fired right up again.

sandrat2427d ago

That's wild you swapped out a whole capacitor kit before checking the joints first... three hours is a lot of time to waste on something like that. I had a guy tell me once to just tap on the back of my old VCR with the palm of my hand and it would fix the tracking issue. Felt ridiculous but it actually worked after I'd already taken it apart twice.