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Spockie-Tech
Site Admin
Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Dont worry, I'm not going to start an argument.
The repair issue is one of the reasons the IBC is "open-source" (all diagrams and tech info available). Find any reasonably competetent local electronics tech and you can give him access to all the info he needs to repair or rebuild an IBC - even at an event if necessary.
This makes it useable in a lot of situations where people wouldnt be comfortable using a "black box" that has to be shipped all the way to the back corner of the planet (Australia) to be repaired if it was all a "corporate secret" design.
A lot of the IBC's that are blown up in America are repaired locally over there by Mike Philips for just that reason, which pleases both us and the end user, since (unlike car manufacturers), we dont try and make a lot of money out of spares and repairs.
If you're worried about repair turn-around time, I suggest heading down to your local electronics college/TAFE/Uni with the circuit diagram and PCB layouts, and asking one of the lecturers if they or someone they know would be able to help you with it if you have trouble..
Worst case, even a half-decent small local TV Repair shop should be able to cope with it. They might need to order some of the harder-to-get bits like the HIP chips or Microprocessors from Jason, or else a big company like RS or Digikey.
To my mind, buying a piece of electronics that is intended for severe-service (like a robot controller) without a circuit digram is like buying a car with welded-on wheel nuts that only the factory can change for you. You have to buy multiples of them to have spares on hand or risk being knocked out at a comp. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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