flyforever1978

I have a Telex Airman 8 ANR that needs the plug end of the cord repaired. I cannot find a place that will repair these anywhere except for Bosch(Telex) for almost 300 dollars?! Does anyone know of a place that will repair a Telex headset? I have contacted a couple places and they said they won't touch Telex. Appreciate any info you all have! Thanks!

DumboDrop

Buy a soldering iron.

flyforever1978

Super helpful... Thanks.

DumboDrop

Well I'd suggest Telex, but you said you don't want to go that route.

ThumbsUp

You didn’t really specify exactly what needed to be repaired, but if you can’t do it on your own, just about any small electronics repair place likely can do it as long as you have a sense of what is wrong with it.

Dubh

Write it off.

NuGuy

Back in the day, most crew bases had a person or shop nearby that did quick repairs and they stocked commonly broken parts. At DAL they had a drop box in the crew lounge where you could bag up your headset and it would be returned to you after it got fixed.

That whole paradigm vanished about 6-7 years ago. Headset makers decided that giving you the ability to repair items yourself was a drain on their revenue, so they quit selling parts, and started locking their products down with proprietary parts, special one-use fasteners, etc.

Yes, if you have any skill with a soldering iron, you can probably fix something like a broken wire. Otherwise, your only other choice is to send it in to the company that made them. You might be able to find a one-off avionics shop that can help you out, but that'll take a bit of effort.

DumboDrop

That's basically what i said

flyforever1978

Write it off as in throw it in the garbage? You can't write anything off taxes anymore.

flyforever1978

Unfortunately, this is a problem with the wire inside the Airbus connector. I don't have the tools to fix that at home. I will look for a local place.