On 29 Nov 2004 at 12:48, Robert Rolf wrote:

> If the new PSU caused so much damage the first time,
> why would you connect it AGAIN before checking that
> it's outputs were wired/operating correctly?

That's a good question.
I had no reason to suspect that the power supply was faulty. It was 
brand new, top of the range and covered in QC stickers. The first time it 
simply stopped working. My assumption was that I must have done 
something wrong (like a dropped screw, shorted on the case, etc). It 
wasn't until I put the power supply in the second time, that the cause of 
the problems were clear.

> This is something the opposing lawyer is going to ask you,
> since you have a duty to mitigate your losses.

This is a lawyer-free small claims court. Since I described what had 
happened and the shopkeeper then went on to connect it to a new 
motherboard and killed that, I guess he should have known better too.

I have no idea how we'll go with the claim. I know what I consider to be 
right and wrong and what I would do in those circumstances.

Alternatively, it's coming up to Christmas and I could just borrow a 
saxophone and a Santa suit and busk outside his store a few times. 
Playing a sax can't be that hard can it ?  :-)

Steve.


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