removed exceptions, instead just throws an error now for the caller to deal with

devices/statistics_writer/receiver.py

@@ -55,13 +55,10 @@ class tcp_receiver(receiver):
         super().__init__(fd=self.sock.fileno())
 
     def reconnect(self):
-        try:
-            self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
-            self.fd = self.sock.fileno()
-            return True
-        except ConnectionRefusedError:
-            return False
+        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
+        self.fd = self.sock.fileno()
+        return True
 
 
 class file_receiver(receiver):