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There is also the (missing) requirement to make things easily repairable, I wouldn't mind at all to replace a "subsystem" if it was easily swappable and costed
by jaclaz 5y ago
There is also the (missing) requirement to make things easily repairable, I wouldn't mind at all to replace a "subsystem" if it was easily swappable and costed a fair amount and the old one was refurbished.
Many years ago there was an Italian maker of (at the time CRT's) TV's which was considered on one side "cheap" but on the other "simple/indestructible" called MIVAR.
Their TV's AFAICR were essentially made of 6 or 8 electronic cards/PCB's on a sort of backplane of connectors.
You brought the (not working) TV to the (approved) repairman, he would open the back of the TV, identify which card had issues, and replace it in like 5-10 minutes, for a fixed price (depending on which card had to be replaced).
Then the cards were sent to the factory where they had a laboratory to diagnose the issue and replace just the component(s) that failed, and these refurbished cards were sent back to the repair shops.
- mcguire 5y agoThere are similar systems today. I have a 2004 Corvette. When I got it several years ago, it had (like many others of its ilk) a failed ABS/traction controller. Removing it was slightly complicated by the fact that it had servos connected to the hydraulic braking system, but wasn't difficult. And fortunately, at least at the time, there were a couple small companies in the business of refurbishing brake controllers. The refurbished controller has been working perfectly ever since. Not cheap, but very significantly cheaper than a new unit.