Re: Alarm system transformer + power supply (would both go bad at once?)

[The Daring Dufas <the-daring-dufas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/25/2013 6:51 PM, Danny D'Amico wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:13:57 -0500, krw wrote:
>
>> Um, call someone who knows what they're doing?
>
> Is that how Alt.Home.Repair works?
> Is that how Alt.Security.Alarms works?
> Is that how Sci.Electronics.Repair works?
>
> Call someone who knows what they're doing?
> That's why I'm asking here.
>
> You guys are supposed to know what you're doing!
>
> :)
>

Easy pal, it's hard to diagnose a problem with even simple electronic
systems without hands on it and doing things to test it that actually
come out of your subconscious. I mean things you've done for so many
years, that you do them without thinking. I'll play a hunch on gear
that's broken because I've seen so many failures of the same type or
similar equipment for many years. I often find problems using just my
eyes and my nose. I use a small flashlight or my lighted magnifying
glass to look to look for cracks or loose components on a circuit board.
I often do a wiggle test on vertically mounted components like the
filter capacitors to check for broken solder joints on a circuit board
then I often twist the board when it's powered up to check it for bad or
intermittent connections. It's often a big mistake to assume another
fellow has done tests that I would do without thinking about it. ^_^

TDD