Repairing Stuff or Repairing Stuff for Repairing Other Stuff

[EHT]

Can we split out Repair Test Equipment from Repair please? Well over half of Repair is about test equipment, which is a specialized topic. At the moment this is jumbled up with the odd confused person asking about repairing a lawnmower or such like. Ideally it would be best to have sub forum such as:

• Test Equipment
• Computer Hardware
• AV Equipment
• Other

Views?

[bd139]

Our test equipment is always broken though

[EHT]

Yeah, I know. I read the forum for that and have a pile of such equipment

It does make you wonder if the test equipment is just for fixing other test equipment 

It just seems odd to have random other questions in the same forum as well.

[tggzzz]

Can we split out Repair Test Equipment from Repair please? Well over half of Repair is about test equipment, which is a specialized topic. At the moment this is jumbled up with the odd confused person asking about repairing a lawnmower or such like. Ideally it would be best to have sub forum such as:

• Test Equipment
• Computer Hardware
• AV Equipment
• Other

Views?

Bad idea.

The problem with all taxonomies is that they presume a single hierarchy is The One True Way.It never is; the world and thought processes are too complex and varied for that.

Example: is the hierarchy based on manufacturers or on type of equipment "more correct"? HP/Tek/Fluke vs scope/multimeter/logic analyser/spectrum analyser?

[bd139]

It does make you wonder if the test equipment is just for fixing other test equipment 

Yes that's what it's for