> On Jul 25, 2020, at 11:45 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 7/22/2020 22:46:10, Dale H. Cook wrote:
>> On 7/22/2020 3:30 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
>>> There really seems to be a conspiracy to get us to discard anything that's
>>> not "NEW".
>> Rant mode on ...
>> Heh, a lot of "new" stuff is designed to be discarded. On test equipment
>> mailing lists and sites I see a lot of young whippersnappers who don't
>> understand why they can't get service information for their late-model
>> digital oscilloscopes, and who don't understand that those late-model
>> 'scopes were never intended for field repair. If those 'scopes break you pay
>> big bux for the factory to fix them ---IF--- the factory still supports
>> them. If they are not supported you throw them away and replace them. Those
>> young whippersnappers look down their noses at my analog Tektronix and HP
>> 'scopes, but my analog 'scopes do what I need them to do, they do it very
>> well, and if they break I can fix them. I use a lot of vintage Tek, HP, and
>> GR instruments for work and hobbies. I'm just an old guy who likes stuff
>> that can be fixed. That, of course, doesn't stop me from buying new to get
>> capabilities that I want, thus the K-70 (and I don't drive a '60s car).
>> Rant mode off ...
>
> The problem is you can't find anyone to repair the old stuff that *WAS* made
> to be repaired if you don't know how to repair it yourself.
That's a side effect of the detail that it costs a lot more to make something
so that it can be repaired, and even more to supoort a repair channel with
spare parts. So if they made things so that they can be repaired, they would
have to charge twice as much, and most people just look at the initial cost
when they buy something. That is exacerbated by the fact that with electronics
if something lasts five years, the new tech will cost half as much for twice
the performance.
If my 18-250 just needs an adjustment, by the time everything is set up and
torn down that's probably close to an hour of technician time, not to mention
shipping/receiving, and other paperwork, and to make money a business needs to
charge at least $200/hour for professional time. For $200 I could get a good
used newer generation of the same model at KEH.
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