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Alsworld
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2003 - 4:37 pm: | 
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Well honestly I am troubleshooting my treadmill, and have found two seperate resistors that that have seperated from one end. Although these resistors do not looked "burnt", it's like someone clipped one end and stood them almost straight up. There is evidence where they were once soldered to the circuit board, and the loose ends are not a nice clean cut, but maybe corroded or possibly burnt.
Okay my question is: Is this an indication of a resistor gone bad? Is that how they "blow" so to speak?
I had it doing strange things before but let it go (the motor would be almost uncontrollable until it finally warmed up), but now the motor no longer works. Following where these resistors are, it does make sense that these could be my problem in both areas, but I am unfamiliar in identifying just what a blown resistor looks like. With this being a treadmill, some fairly good amps run through it at 115V.
Any help on general electronics repair? I can remove and reinstall easy enough if this sounds logical.
Alsworld |
Karatebutcher
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2003 - 7:35 pm: |
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Sorry Alsworld that I can't help you on this one, we have a real nice one in the garage from Sears, it goes real fast, the way it is going lately I will be able to plant Tomatoes on it real soon. |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Friday, July 25, 2003 - 11:44 pm: |
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If you ground that circuit with your body,it will dissipate 1650 watts,ouch,be very careful Alsworld,we want you around for many years to come. |
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