Re: Looking for schematics for Fire-Lite MS-424A

["Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx>]

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"alarman" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> JoeRaisin wrote:
>> Patrick Finnegan wrote:
>>> On Nov 26, 4:38 pm, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you are planning on doing actual electronic repairs to boards
>>>> etc I strongly recomend against it as you would be violating UL
>>>> label and leaving your self open to a major lawsuit should a board
>>>> fail , board repairs should only be done by factory authorised
>>>> repair person.
>>>
>>>
>>> These are for my own experimentation, so I don't really care if I
>>> void UL approval, and I've actually repaired fire alarm systems for
>>> a past job.  I am just hoping for something to help me out, so that
>>> I don't have to spend as much time figuring out what's broken on
>>> them.
>>
>> Others have spoken about the liability so I'll just speak to the sheer
>> irresponibility of perfoming unauthorized repairs on a peice of
>> life-safety equipment.
>>
>> Then again, for someone who is prone to trying to repair a board
>> rather than replace it, my guess is you would more attentive to the
>> money it would cost you rather than the lives you are risking.
>>
>> If a board has proper power applied and all the appropriate inputs but
>> does not generate appropriate responses then the board is bad.  What
>> more do you need to know?  Replace it.
>>
>> Or would you truly be comfortable looking into the eyes of someone who
>> lost a loved one due to your cobble-job and telling them, "Well, it
>> was cheaper to do it that way, and it seemed to work okay..."
>>
>> For fuck's sake, do the job right or get another job.
>
> 1. The man just wants schematics so that he can experiment on some old
> boards.
> 2. He stated that he has been previously employed repairing fire alarm
> systems.
>
> He may be qualified to do board level repairs, or he may not. If he is,
> he'll do it as well as anyone at the "factory". If he wants to assume
> liability, how is that any skin off our noses?
>
>
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> js
>
> A bird in the hand will bite you on the finger.
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