How Often do Electronic Components Stop Working?

[vertigo5]

[UPDATE]

Apparently the switches were not the problem after all.
After having the same bug over and over again,
and spending a long time isolating the problem,
I now think something is wrong with the breadboard.
I shifted the "faulty" switch one row downwards,
and now it works perfectly fine.

[GoForSmoke]

Using a meter or even a continuity checker of some kind would have saved you a few days then.

[oric_dan]

Everybody gets stuck in loops like this from time to time, but there were several
hints along the way. As many people said, (a) switches just don't fail like that,
(b) if multiple replacements all "fail" the same way, then it's 99.9% likely to be
something else causing the problem, and (c) "operator error" is usually the fault,
especially when it comes to slapping things together using a breadboard. So, 3
lessons in one.

[Peter_I]

Everybody gets stuck in loops like this from time to time, but there were several
hints along the way. As many people said, (a) switches just don't fail like that,
(b) if multiple replacements all "fail" the same way, then it's 99.9% likely to be
something else causing the problem, and (c) "operator error" is usually the fault,
especially when it comes to slapping things together using a breadboard. So, 3
lessons in one.

Leading up to the Ian Flemming quote:

Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action.

[SegoviaMiguel]

1.-see the datasheet parametros
2.-revise que esta haciendo mal, exigencia del componente fuera de sus rangos permitidos
3.-corriga la falla.
4.-Viva feliz

[JoeN]

1.-see the datasheet parametros
2.-revise que esta haciendo mal, exigencia del componente fuera de sus rangos permitidos
3.-corriga la falla.
4.-Viva feliz

¿Que?

[oric_dan]

If you start using Google Chrome, you can right-click on most foreign languages [meaning
non-English to us uno-linguals from the US and UK], and get an instant translation:

1.-see the datasheet parameters
2.-check you are doing wrong, component requirement outside their allowable ranges
3.-Correct the fault.
4.-Live Happily

[nickgammon]

I'm glad the problem with the switches was solved. For a moment there I thought we were going to solve The Meaning of Life.

[AlxDroidDev]

I'm glad the problem with the switches was solved. For a moment there I thought we were going to solve The Meaning of Life.

42.

There, solved.

[sonnyyu]

I'm glad the problem with the switches was solved. For a moment there I thought we were going to solve The Meaning of Life.

42.

There, solved.

42, is it mean time of life?  even it is not easy connect "42" with "Meaning of Life". I guess I better do.  
If I were you, since whole thread talk about mean time of life, don't use number if have to then use over 100.

[AlxDroidDev]

I'm glad the problem with the switches was solved. For a moment there I thought we were going to solve The Meaning of Life.

42.

There, solved.

42, is it mean time of life?  even it is not easy connect "42" with "Meaning of Life". I guess I better do.  
If I were you, since whole thread talk about mean time of life, don't use number if have to then use over 100.

Pop culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)#The_Hitchhiker.27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#The_number_42

[nickgammon]

42.

There, solved.

But isn't that what you get if you multiply six by nine?

[oric_dan]

Time to go to Bar Sport.