SLC Home Repair Club S23-W2|Recognising and Replacing a faulty Resistor by it's segmented body colour; Identifying my Lamp Faults and Fixing it.

Greetings Electricians

Do you really want to know the fault?, it was something very minute that led to the impairment of this compacted accessory (my lamp); this lamp has not been workable for months now; electricity is almost constant here, and who really cares about repairing lamps when there could be no light out for 72 hours and everything electricity is needed to be used for is accomplished? A sudden light out some days ago reminded me that I had a lamp that I had abandoned for months now.

How did it began, I uncoupled this device with my multi-toothed replaceable screwdriver, I selected the screw head that best fits this accessories screw, then I inserted it in the holes and in no time I losed everything, trying to find out the fault here was a bit complicated, so in cases like this all elements needed to be tested to be sure they are all working, for devices like this that uses rechargeable battery, when charging I discovered it wasn't charging, so I tested the battery to be sure if the H2SO4 acid has dried off, fortunately it didn't so what I did was run a boost charge on the battery since it has stayed for long then on a certain level of power accumulation I unplugged it and then run tested it again by connecting a bulb the battery litter then I was certain of it functionality.

I spotted something when I opened the lamp, and after testing it, I saw a burnt resistor. Before repairing, the fault must be first identified, and depending on the inability to recognise a fault, it easily leads to testing almost all components in the circuits to check for breakage. The resistor got burnt, and this is not a more standardised circuit where numbers are used to identify the type of resistor by inscription behind the motherboard.

So I could remember from my electrical lessons tutored by a friend on how to identify a motherboard using the colours segment on its body, what I did was identify the type of resistor, its value in ohms, and its position in the circuit.

After replacing the resistor, which required me to use a soldering iron and a lead, the type of lead I used was the very thick one to hold it tight. It is very important to note the connection, though the detachment of all cables is not advisable. I didn't disconnect all the wires, but I cut them. After fixing the lamp, I had to tape all to avoid connection breaches or cables accidentally touching each other. Finally everything was in place; not much fault was found here, so what I had to do was couple those detachments carefully in their position, and trying it out with the switch, it went so well.

• Failure to replace all nuts in its position is very common among Nigerians; @dwings can testify.
• Inability to set a good date for the completion of an electrical repair task assigned by a customer.
• Failure to disclose to the customer the real fault of the problem, either for personal gain or for fear of customer distrust, thinking he may be hiking the prices
• Accepting more tasks than could be completed for the fear of missing out.

Vblog

A short video of how I identified the problem and fixed the lamp