[Elecraft] Power has disappeared

[Don Wilhelm]

Kev,

While full failure analysis is a nice thing to do, it often takes 
significant lab equipment to fully analyze the failure point - and 
increases the time to repair (and cost to the customer).
With dense SMD boards, the problem of failure analysis is compounded 
exponentially.  It is not feasible in all cases to give a 'cause and 
effect' analysis.  The best the technician can do in a reasonable amount 
of time is to venture a WAG (wild a** guess).

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/15/2016 8:39 PM, Kevin - K4VD wrote:
> It always seems slightly less than satisfying to be told what broke but not
> how it might have broke. I always think back to the Navy six step
> troubleshooting method drilled into me in ET "A" school. The final step was
> always failure analysis.
>