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Old 28th Sep 2017, 12:00 am   #45
Oldcodger
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Default Re: Having a laugh?

Problem is that to a newbie, a fault /finding it can be a minefield. Simple lack of volts- it's either start at one end and work through ,or follow the rule of 8, where you split the circuit into half and work forwards/backwards to find the fault. Then there's gain faults, caused by ( usually ) capacitor problems in feedback circuits. or totally dead where the best method is to look at volts across the ( for valves) cathode resistor ,or (transistor) across the emitter resistor.
As I said in #10- it boils down to old engineer training-
HOW does circuit work
Why does it not work.
Solve that and you are almost there.
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