Job Timeline (Ref 5554-6498)


All repairs are fixed price at £20 plus postage
Remote Returned to Customer


A Timeline of this job can be seen below.

Arrived - 20-Mar-2020
Fault Diagnosed
Remote Repaired
Payment Received
Returned - 25-Mar-2020
Repair Engineer : Martin Smith
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Hofmann Breken 131 Remote Repair Details

Manufacturer : Hofmann

Model : Breken 131

Customers Fault Description : Tester tripped and dropped remote about 1ft from the ground. working fine prior to this. battery is ok - tested and working fine.

Remote Fixer Repair Response (see below) :

This brake tester controller arrived safely and on testing was confirmed dead.  This item arrived without a battery cover (this cant be replaced as they are not available as spares)

On opening the issue was found to be due to a cracked red LED and also 2 open circuit IR LEDs.

All were replaced which restored full functionality.

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broken led

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