Electronics Repair: Just an Observation

[trini]

Ok so I've noticed in my time playing with electronics, which isn't that long, that sometime when something breaks and i just take it apart, pretend i know what I am looking for, and put it back together, it usually works. maybe circuits just feel lonely sometimes?

 

[MATLABdude]

Sometimes, it's just the corrosion or loosening of joints / wiring / connections. That or a necessary cleaning out of dust / grime / etc., as I tend to do.

 

[Studiot]

That or a necessary cleaning out of dust / grime / etc., as I tend to do.

Thar's plenty of that available for cleaning at Studio T, any time.

 

[schip666!]

I'll agree with the lonely explanation. In fact I had two electronic "art pieces" that I checked and cleaned before a recent party. Neither worked, even after multiple fiddles, during the party. They both worked fine the next day. So I'd bump up the anthropomorphizing to "malicious".

 

[berkeman]

I'll agree with the lonely explanation. In fact I had two electronic "art pieces" that I checked and cleaned before a recent party. Neither worked, even after multiple fiddles, during the party. They both worked fine the next day. So I'd bump up the anthropomorphizing to "malicious".

Never anthropomorphize circuits. They hate it when you do tha.