[rescue] Disposable electronics is unsustainable - Re: rescue Digest, Vol 135, Issue 8

[Lionel Peterson]

Yeah, the 'living wage' of the person that will replace that 18 cent
resistor or $2 handful of caps. I don't mean that as an attack on living
wages per se, but that is the barrier. If those handful of failed parts
were user-replaceable that would be one thing (think tube TVs and tube
testers in local stores), but that is not the case.

Lionel

On Thursday, February 13, 2014, Toby Thain <toby at telegraphics.com.au> wrote:

> On 13/02/14 2:09 AM, Mouse wrote:
>
>> The cost of repair for a small business is more than the cost of a
>>>>> new LCD monitor.
>>>>>
>>>> That's completely dysfunctional and we should work to change it.
>>>>
>>>
>> By making new ones more expensive, or making repairs cheaper?  In
>> either case, how?
>>
>
> Both.
>
> A $100 (probably not a sustainable price, given that it's full of
> nonrenewables) screen that is held hostage by an 18c resistor (in one case
> of a 24" Samsung that probably cost $400+) or $2 worth of caps ... does
> anyone see a problem here?
>
>
>
>>  It might not even be true.  Peter just said he fixed a bunch.
>>>
>>
>> Yes...at what cost?  I'm four for four, I think it is, at fixing LCD
>> flatscreens by re-capping. ...
>>
>> Yes, the current state is unsustainable in various ways.  But I have
>> trouble seeing any way it's likely to change short of actually running
>> into its unsustainability. ...
>>
>
> That's assured.
>
> Human nature's great, eh.
>
> --T
>
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Lionel Peterson
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