About TCM
An electronics repair lab in Zahlé, Lebanon, and a public record of its work.
Repair, in a country that needs it
Replacing equipment is not a neutral option here. Between what electronics cost and what unstable mains power does to them, "just buy a new one" is advice a lot of people simply cannot take. A board that can be repaired for a fraction of a replacement is not a nostalgia project, it is the difference between a household having a working television, or a workshop a working machine, and not.
The harder way, on purpose
Component-level repair is slower to learn and slower to do. It needs schematics, a microscope, a steady hand and the patience to keep measuring when the fault is not where it should be. It is also the only way to fix a great many faults at all. That is the work this lab chose to do.
Electronics, not IT
Phones, tablets and laptops are the one category this lab turns away, and that is a deliberate choice rather than a gap. Computer repair is its own trade, with its own parts supply and its own shops, and there are plenty of them. What there are far fewer of is somewhere to take a television, an inverter, an amplifier or a workshop machine, and that is the work this bench exists for.
Tested by someone who has to fix them
Alongside the repairs, TCM tests and reviews tools and equipment on TikTok, with the inside of the thing on the table. Repairability, build quality, what tends to fail and how it is put together are hard to judge from a spec sheet and obvious from a repair bench.
Got something broken?
Send a message on TikTok with the device, what happened to it, and a short video if you can. You will get a real answer from the person who would do the repair.