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hardly the point - the foto's wont last long at that url - i learned that the hard way & stopped using these "cloud" bastards.
I feel like I should be checking both the big cap and the diodes for leakage, I read something like if they're faulty a large ripple current will be sent through the cap causing overheating, any truth to this?
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Upon further inspection it seems that there are a few more suspicious caps I didn't see, could one of these be the culprit?
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I was able to power up the panel with the case off, turns out it's not the transformer that's overheating but rather the cap circled in this picture, which is on a separate board. The cap was cracked open and burnt so I replaced it but the new one is getting just as hot, and it happens much quicker than I previously thought.
Between this thread and my other one with the displays for this panel, this project is quickly turning into a trail of fail
"You can only learn so much doing simple recapping and fixes. Ideally you want a really hard one to fix where you end up with a lot of dead ends and frustration. Then, and only then, do you learn how things really work."
"You can only learn so much doing simple recapping and fixes. Ideally you want a really hard one to fix where you end up with a lot of dead ends and frustration. Then, and only then, do you learn how things really work."
9 PC LCD Monitor
6 LCD Flat Screen TV
30 Desk Top Switching Power Supply
10 Battery Charger Switching Power Supply for Power Tool
6 18v Lithium Battery Power Boards for Tool Battery Packs
1 XBox 360 Switching Power Supply and M Board
25 Servo Drives 220/460 3 Phase
6 De-soldering Station Switching Power Supply 1 Power Supply
1 Dell Mother Board
15 Computer Power Supply
1 HP Printer Supply & Control Board * lighting finished it *
These two repairs where found with a ESR meter...> Temp at 50*F then at 90*F the ESR reading more than 10%
1 Over Head Crane Current Sensing Board ( VFD Failure Five Years Later )
2 Hem Saw Computer Stack Board
All of these had CAPs POOF
All of the mosfet that are taken out by bad caps
I'm hoping the experts will chime in and have an idea of what's going on.
When I test all those caps on a good board in circuit(not a reliable test) they behave normally(I get a reading then it jumps to OL or just says OL.)
On this board, all of the ceramic disc caps give me a steady reading of ~.500
Something's definitely not right.......
"You can only learn so much doing simple recapping and fixes. Ideally you want a really hard one to fix where you end up with a lot of dead ends and frustration. Then, and only then, do you learn how things really work."
I don't unfortunately, it's the last tool I need, the more I work on electronics the more I realize how priceless it is.
"You can only learn so much doing simple recapping and fixes. Ideally you want a really hard one to fix where you end up with a lot of dead ends and frustration. Then, and only then, do you learn how things really work."
Are you sure thats a cap. and not a ntc thermistor or maybe a MOV is it marked RV? next to the removed RV2 If its a thermistor it will get warm, if its a mov it is most likley bad
I'd understand it getting warm but it's getting burning hot within seconds while the one right next to it is completely cool
"You can only learn so much doing simple recapping and fixes. Ideally you want a really hard one to fix where you end up with a lot of dead ends and frustration. Then, and only then, do you learn how things really work."
"You can only learn so much doing simple recapping and fixes. Ideally you want a really hard one to fix where you end up with a lot of dead ends and frustration. Then, and only then, do you learn how things really work."
Its a Transient/Surge Absorber, If its getting hot its getting more than 150v a/c or more than 200v dc according to the specs, It is across the 120v a/c line?
If you're looking at the picture, the terminal farthest to the right is ground and the other one is 120VAC
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So that MOV is across the LINE which how it is used, in normal condition it should not be conducting any current at all. It is for protection, not for the operation of the circuit.
So for it to get really hot like that, I would remove it and see what kind of resistance you are getting.
Thanks bud, it's interesting because once I changed it out the same thing happened, you want me to measure the resistance of the MOV? Surely I didn't replace the bad one with another bad one........that current must be coming from somewhere it shouldn't be, maybe I'll test that with a working panel.....
"You can only learn so much doing simple recapping and fixes. Ideally you want a really hard one to fix where you end up with a lot of dead ends and frustration. Then, and only then, do you learn how things really work."
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