[EAS] Reuse and Recycle...

[Lotus Engineering]

Ray,

He saved 100 computers by finding, testing and replacing $3,000 dollars worth of capacitors and only took 10 man hours per year?  He must be one hell of a fast worker.

        I have to factor in true man hours cost vs. other projects that need the talent of my people vs. the replacement costs.  Much as I hate that technique, I have to agree with Clay (Which I usually do anyway).

      I usually take stuff that is repairable, but not economically for me to do at work to the ham swap meets, and use the funds for stuff I will use around the radio stations.  That way I am recycling, just not at my bosses expense.  The boss agrees.

Bill

Bill Croghan CPBE WBØKSW
Chief Engineer,
Lotus Broadcasting, Las Vegas, NV
Celebrating my  50 Years in Broadcasting in December.
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From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of ray at electronicstheory.com

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  One man in our shop has made it his pet project to change out caps on motherboards, and has saved the company from buying nearly 100 computers this year.  Now by doing this, there are compromises- the computers are not upgraded to the latest and greatest... but in this particular case, the systems are used in a minimal capacity (internal database and word processing with no internet allowed), and the boxes run fine.  At (average) $300 per computer, his changing 2 caps per motherboard he has spent $10 per computer ($3000), and saved the expense of buying 100 new computers ($30,000).  I dunno about your company - but paying $3K in capacitors to save $30K in computers is in no way a loss to our company, and most assuredly, at minimum, he has nearly paid for his own annual wages in about 10 (total) man hours a year.

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