Would you pay to have your vis repaired ?

Dan1971 · 02-11-09, 07:04 PM

As title really.

I'm sending my old power vis to my old man, who's a bit of an electrical guy. He reckons he can repair it, and probably make it more reliable.

If yours were knackered would you pay to send them to him and get him to fix them ?

If so ... How much would you pay ?

LozMachine · 02-11-09, 07:58 PM

Tenner apiece? better for folk if it could be done on an exchange basis though

Dan1971 · 02-11-09, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by LozMachine

Tenner apiece? better for folk if it could be done on an exchange basis though

I thought about the exchange thing. I'm sending him my power vis first for him to have a go on. If I had a balance I'd send him that too, but I don't.

We'll see how it goes.

Realistically though, he'd be repairing and posting it back the same day anyway .... He reckons 30-45 mins tops.

Nor · 02-11-09, 08:42 PM

£10 for a repaired VIS motor is a bargain, I'm sure anyone would pay that. It depends what's wrong with the VIS though. If it's simply the microswitches coming away from the body, or dry joints it's a reasonably 'simple' home fix. If it's a burnt out motor then it's not really fixable.

Steves Cleenz · 02-11-09, 08:44 PM

but will he replace the motor if that is fubard? if so the motors IIRC are about £4 each, cant remeber which site it was but some one found the right motors that they need, in all fairness i think £40 for a refurb is a fair price if this includes:

screwing down both the switches
re-solder all the joints
replace motor

seems new they are £80 odd new

LozMachine · 02-11-09, 08:53 PM

Tenner plus parts/materials then

Dan1971 · 04-11-09, 09:09 PM

Well... he's repaired my old broken one. Upon opening he found that it'd already had some sort of repair, three broken lugs, and he reckons, not a very good one. He took this before....

The soldering was very poor and it appeared that the joints were not cleaned before soldering therefore the connections were intermitent. Motor was fine and there was no oil apparent inside. The terminal on the micro switch was dry jointed (not soldered). He's trying to source where we could get hold of the relays and motors.

Sadly no after picture.

So far ..... so good. It's all back together.

The issue is testing it to ensure that it works before sending it back to it's owner.

Ritchy · 04-11-09, 09:56 PM

good bit of work dan and dans dad! i like someone who fix's instead of just replacing!

stamford · 05-11-09, 07:38 AM

That was a poor fix, even damaged the track coating. I'm in the middle of making a test box for repaired vis motors.

Jay-ZS+ · 05-11-09, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by stamford

That was a poor fix, even damaged the track coating. I'm in the middle of making a test box for repaired vis motors.

Can you remember whos handy work it was!