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<blockquote data-quote="turkeyrun" data-source="post: 3828350" data-attributes="member: 27991"><p>Reading the title, I remembered the most unusual thing I ever repaired.</p><p></p><p>Back in 1999, I was manager for an electronics repair and calibration facility.</p><p>When UPS made a delivery of something old or unusual, the tech-savvy would be calling me, "hey, you're going to work on this, it has tunes in it."</p><p></p><p>One day, they bring an unopened box to my office. "Why are we getting this?"</p><p></p><p>Package from BUDWEISER in New York.</p><p>Open it up and the strangest looking Fluke meter I have ever seen is inside.</p><p></p><p>A note, "please, if you can repair and calibrate, let me know." Bill</p><p></p><p>I go through all of my Manuel's and find no such model. I called Fluke main office. Tell the CS what I am looking for. Hear some click, click, click typing. She starts laughing. "Give me an hour, my computer just goes back to 1946. That s/n is way lower than anything I show."</p><p></p><p>About 45 minutes, I get a call. "Found a 1936 service manual on microfish. It is in the mail. Have fun"</p><p>Ask her if they have a new replacement?</p><p>Yes, $11k each.</p><p></p><p>Get the service manual. Open it up, find bad components, go to Radio Shack and pick up a handful common electronics, $9.</p><p></p><p>An hour later, it is working. </p><p>Next morning, 2 hours calibration complete.</p><p></p><p>Call Bill. Find out, he had been the instrument tech at the Bud plant, 2 blocks from us, i had worked with him on other projects. He had been transferred. Let him know the meter was fixed.</p><p></p><p>He was ecstatic. Seems Budweiser had 114 of those in use and "a closet full" of broken ones. He sent me 2 meters every week for 5 years.</p><p></p><p>We were bought out by a larger company and everybody was terminated on Friday.</p><p>Somehow, every computer was cleared and every customer contact missing and every manual disappeared.</p><p></p><p>I was hired by a competitor on Monday. Customers notified and 61 of 62 moved with me. The one moved over, 6 months later.</p><p></p><p>Do whatever it takes to keep Bud brewing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turkeyrun, post: 3828350, member: 27991"] Reading the title, I remembered the most unusual thing I ever repaired. Back in 1999, I was manager for an electronics repair and calibration facility. When UPS made a delivery of something old or unusual, the tech-savvy would be calling me, "hey, you're going to work on this, it has tunes in it." One day, they bring an unopened box to my office. "Why are we getting this?" Package from BUDWEISER in New York. Open it up and the strangest looking Fluke meter I have ever seen is inside. A note, "please, if you can repair and calibrate, let me know." Bill I go through all of my Manuel's and find no such model. I called Fluke main office. Tell the CS what I am looking for. Hear some click, click, click typing. She starts laughing. "Give me an hour, my computer just goes back to 1946. That s/n is way lower than anything I show." About 45 minutes, I get a call. "Found a 1936 service manual on microfish. It is in the mail. Have fun" Ask her if they have a new replacement? Yes, $11k each. Get the service manual. Open it up, find bad components, go to Radio Shack and pick up a handful common electronics, $9. An hour later, it is working. Next morning, 2 hours calibration complete. Call Bill. Find out, he had been the instrument tech at the Bud plant, 2 blocks from us, i had worked with him on other projects. He had been transferred. Let him know the meter was fixed. He was ecstatic. Seems Budweiser had 114 of those in use and "a closet full" of broken ones. He sent me 2 meters every week for 5 years. We were bought out by a larger company and everybody was terminated on Friday. Somehow, every computer was cleared and every customer contact missing and every manual disappeared. I was hired by a competitor on Monday. Customers notified and 61 of 62 moved with me. The one moved over, 6 months later. Do whatever it takes to keep Bud brewing. [/QUOTE]
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