"Digital Numeric Relevator Mk XXXIV - Hexadecimal Blues" |
It is disconcerting when a calculator shows wrong results! So I opened it up to see what I could learn/do. All it took was a miniature Phillips screwdriver:
It turned out I happened to have a spare battery laying around and "Presto!" it worked fine and the display was even more readable than it had been.
Being a geek, I always test a calculator by entering 22 / 7 since pi is a good exercise for the electronics and I happen to have memorized the first 5 digits. So it's working fine now.
The point of my sharing this simple repair story is that it is often much simpler than you think to repair something. So I saved this little item from the landfill and expect it to last a few more decades. This is the essence of living sustainably.
Previous posts in this series showed:
How I repaired a broken torchiere lamp base
How I repaired my microwave oven
How I repaired my trash can lid
These repairs were simple and easy to do repairs, requiring minimal tools and basic ingenuity. You can often find detailed help for repairing just about anything on the web and YouTube.
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