What is the level of repairability of these equipements ?

[SistMaticZ]

Re: What is the level of repairability of these equipements ?

But, if, for example, the welder (or charger or VFD or...) uses parts with "house" markings (I'm trying to avoid using the term "proprietary") and the manufacturer doesn't make those parts available to you, then you're SoL.

Thanks for the quick reply.

I am currently trying to figure out what to do in my bench , should i do repairs only or combine it with something else like selling stuff to cover a respectable income.

What i am doing right now is repairing inverting welders as i can find spare parts like igbts relatively easily , and also this equipement isnt very complicated to undersrand and troublshoot for me.

Now am afraid that welders will use like you said in house power components witch is not the case nowadays but it is the case of VFDs.

I hope am still fine with welders of any type ; At least thats what am good at right now .

I also have some skills with laptops and software repairs .

I find smartphone very delicate and not a good bisness for me too much microscopic components with high integration level and hard disassembly.


If someone got another point of view it is very welcome.

[Curious.George]

Re: What is the level of repairability of these equipements ?

lTaking in consideration component availability and cost , repair difficulty and overall faisability of the repair for a sustained monthly income in my bench ; Can you put these equipement from the most repairable to the least repairable

* Inverting welders - heavy duty 3 phase welders
* Battery chargers smps and linear
* variable frequency drives.
* industrial electrical systems and automated systems.
* high power switch mode power supplies
* laptops and desktops
* smartphones and tablets.

That will depend on the sorts of failures you encounter and the availability of appropriate "spares". All are repairable -- if you have the equipment and skillsets to diagnose and perform the repair.

But, if, for example, the welder (or charger or VFD or...) uses parts with "house" markings (I'm trying to avoid using the term "proprietary") and the manufacturer doesn't make those parts available to you, then you're SoL.

Phones/laptops/tablets/desktops can avoid this problem because there is a sizeable market for certain common replacement parts that might not apply to the other "industrial" devices.

Also, keep in mind the expectations of your customer in each of these markets. A bit of kit used on the production line will probably NEED to be repaired ASAP if it unavailability is effecting "output". And, the customer will likely be really intolerant of a fix that craps out in short order -- regardless of cost.

A laptop customer might WANT his device repaired ASAP but, typically, has alternatives available and isn't as dependant on having it working as the industrial client.

[stj]

Re: What is the level of repairability of these equipements ?

the laptops/phones/tablets need very different tools to the others - dont mix them.

[SistMaticZ]

lTaking in consideration component availability and cost , repair difficulty and overall faisability of the repair for a sustained monthly income in my bench ; Can you put these equipement from the most repairable to the least repairable


* Inverting welders - heavy duty 3 phase welders
* Battery chargers smps and linear
* variable frequency drives.
* industrial electrical systems and automated systems.
* high power switch mode power supplies
* laptops and desktops
* smartphones and tablets.