I also hope that you will manage to fix this meter! The electronics as such seem pretty robust to me, so I think there's a good chance that the defect turns out to be a fairly simple one. But simple defects can be hard to find.
Apart from the solder connections themselves, I'd verify that the wires have integrity and aren't internally broken (you can't visually see this by looking at the wire). You'd have to open up the metering head for this as well. I never did that on my meter I think, as it wasn't necessary for what I wanted to learn. I'm sure it can be done though, without damaging the unit.
If you end up opening the measurement head as well, please try to take some photos and post them here, if you will. Someone else might find it useful. Also if you manage to solve the defect of course!
Ah, that's a clear problem. Someone swiveled the head endlessly until the wires snapped. They must have twisted it past the locking mechanism that should prevent this.I sadly think I've found quickly what the problem is and i don't think its in my skillset to fix
Ah, that's a clear problem. Someone swiveled the head endlessly until the wires snapped. They must have twisted it past the locking mechanism that should prevent this.
Don't throw out the device. You may be able to find someone who can replace or repair the broken wires. It's not a very complex job.
It seems that you can just solder the wires back in. Just need to find which wire goes where.
Got it since its inexpensive but doesn't seem to be off use, i gotta figure out how to acess the head and check where the wires connected to prior to the rip off
Hello, friend has indeed managed to place the wires back at the dome (advised me not to turn it alot) BUT most importantly i have a working light meter, sadly he didn't take any pics of the process but he had it ready inside 2 hours from getting it in the mail so it can't be that hard im beyond happy
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