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What Ever Happened to Well Documented User Manuals
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Bud:

--- Quote from: Berni on September 29, 2023, 07:19:04 pm ---Even test gear manufacturers have gone down a LOT in the documentation. The service manuals for modern gear are mostly just how to do calibration and then some troubleshooting flowcharts that lead you to what board to replace.

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I've seen Keysight service documentation saying "Service policy: device replacement". So there is no "servicing", the old unit gets srapped and customer gets a net new device.
The best service guide you can find for many test gear is this EEVBlog forum  :-+
PwrElectronics:
For sure, 20-30 pages of cautions and other such warnings in 10+ Languages but scant information on how to actually use the product or even rarer; to service/repair it.

Actual use instructions are 1 page at most and leave out any useful details that could confuse anyone unless a power user (like most here).
schmitt trigger:

--- Quote from: Bud on September 29, 2023, 07:52:06 pm ---
I've seen Keysight service documentation saying "Service policy: device replacement". So there is no "servicing", the old unit gets srapped and customer gets a net new device.


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And sadly the unit becomes part of the growing pile of E-waste.
Or….ICs are recycled and end up in the grey market.
alm:

--- Quote from: Berni on September 29, 2023, 07:19:04 pm ---Even test gear manufacturers have gone down a LOT in the documentation. The service manuals for modern gear are mostly just how to do calibration and then some troubleshooting flowcharts that lead you to what board to replace.

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Certainly the quality has gone down a lot since the eighties and earlier. But I'll still take a manual with block diagram and adjustments over instruments without any adjustment instructions *cough Siglent where people have to reverse-engineer how to adjust cough*.
coppercone2:
the cost to society from unrepairable objects is probobly greater then dealing with the court cases of bad repairs

nothing like loads of people being totally stuck and unable to save and advance

like the dumb nanny that clogged the pipe with baby wipes because she could not figure out how to rinse a wash cloth

with the amount of risk people take to make money (job stress, health, unsafe jobs, commutes, etc), you can't even say its safer to spend extra money on getting a new device. Like its a risk to repair but so is not saving money, being tied to a job because of reoccurring expenses, etc. There seems to be this notion that for some reason getting your pay check is risk free. I.e. moving, taking a job you are more comfortable with (even with lower pay, since its relative to your expenses), taking time off, using money for health/relaxation reasons, etc.
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