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lightning · 31st Jul 2022, 11:07 am

When l first started in TV repair l bought an Oscilloscope from RS, because my colleague said "you can take away all my tools, but don't take away my oscilloscope"

So, the first TV l had for repair with frame collapse l fired up the Hameg HM203-6 and set to it with the probe.

On about the third pin the probe slipped and went between two pins. The top blew off the chip and hit the workshop wall.

"Well, at least that TV has a definite fault on it now" said the other engineer.

31st Jul 2022, 11:07 am	#25
lightning Heptode Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Stockport, Cheshire, UK. Posts: 715	Re: I’m an idiot! When l first started in TV repair l bought an Oscilloscope from RS, because my colleague said "you can take away all my tools, but don't take away my oscilloscope" So, the first TV l had for repair with frame collapse l fired up the Hameg HM203-6 and set to it with the probe. On about the third pin the probe slipped and went between two pins. The top blew off the chip and hit the workshop wall. "Well, at least that TV has a definite fault on it now" said the other engineer.