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Ashtray
Junior Member
Username: Ashtray
Post Number: 37
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 1:36 am: | 
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As some of you may know...I've been having audio problems with my HR2510, as in no audio. Today I completely disassembled the face of the raio to have good access to the backside of the mic socket. I found a wire that was barely hanging on and soldered it on good. Here's where it got interesting. I decided to hook up the radio and test it out without reassembling it...so if anything was still wrong I wouldn't have to go through the hassle of taking it apart again. Well, after I turned the power supply on I dropped the on/off switch and it fell right on the metal frame. Next thing I know..
POOF!!
Dead radio.
The solder pads on the board of the switch hit the metal perfectly, frying out the radio. Dead as a door nail. There was so much smoke in my shack that I could see it floating around the room. The smell was terrible. I turned the radio over and yikes! The whole trace between the transformer thing and a brown wire was gone. All that was left was a brown scorch mark, 3 inches of it. I almost cried. Then I thought, what the heck, if I killed this radio it wouldn't hurt to try something. I soldered a jumper wire in to connect the parts that the trace did. I feared powering it up. When I did...everything worked. Still no audio though. At least it's still back to where it was. Man, that scared the life out of me. I just thank god that there weren't any other components in-line on that trace, otherwise I might have killed it for good.
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Dogfacedsoldier
Junior Member
Username: Dogfacedsoldier
Post Number: 41
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 3:43 am: |
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 that was close... next thing u know i might be sending some extra parts of a parts radio that will fit that one next  lol u should be more careful  |
Hotwire
Member
Username: Hotwire
Post Number: 98
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 9:49 am: |
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Shame on you ashtray! |
Tech291
Moderator
Username: Tech291
Post Number: 93
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 10:08 am: |
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Ashtray,
Where was your fuse?
tech291
CEF#291
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