ARC Ref75 SE meter light flickering, ack

I have the REF-75 se ... and run it with the lights off. Sounds better that way. Same for all of the display lights in all of my ARC gear.    

Do you have a local tech that you trust? If so, it would probably be a lot easier and cheaper than sending it back to ARC just for an LED replacement. 

$500 to fix a light??

$500 to fix a light??

Come to think of it, probably ~$600 if include local tech $200  ... $100 for commute to my home and $100 for the service.  $250 for shipping ... try not to think much about it.

It's a bias led attached to a wire that's soldered to a board at the bottom of the chassis.   There are boards, capacitors ... above that should be removed before repair.   Since it was new, I didn't want to DIY.   The led still works but just not perfect so purely cosmetic.   I'm anal with my toys so had to get it fixed properly.   A costly brain fart stupid mistake!

I bet if I was armed with an engineering and physics degree this wouldn't happen.   Going to checkout University of Phoenix fall semester classes now.    If Bernie wins, it will be FREE!!!

Keep us posted on your situation- amaglioc.

Oh, i thought that ARC charged $500 for their servicing fee, which would be outrageous.  Something like that would irritate me too.  I never had any issues with ARC service so far and never would send it to a non-authorized facility.