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TUNEIN

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Hi
I am trying to find the value of a blown resistor so that I may replace it.
Its from a Circulation Booster V3 circuit board.
The marking on the board where the resistor lives is marked L1
It is green and can be seen in place and burned out in picture 1.
It is in close-up in picture 2.

Thanks for any help
John

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duke37

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My guess is that it is not a resistor. The mark L1 would indicate an inductor as would the wound wire inside.

The problem will probably be a short in the circuit causing excess current.
 

TUNEIN

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Thanks for your reply.
Yes you are correct.

I bought The item for a elderly disabled friend who lived in Spain.
Unfortunately they thought the ac/dc adapter was a normal English plug and replaced it with a Spanish one and plugged it into the mains.
I though that I would replace the inductor in the hope of repairing it but I don't know the specification of this component ?
Thanks again for your help.
 

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Are you saying that they applied mains voltage to the unit?
 

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the chances of a repair would probably be very low
tho you can see that one blown component, it is highly likely that many others have suffered internal damage

Dave
 

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If it is a power input inductor, then it may have saved the rest of the circuit. Pehaps it could be replaced by a link.

If it is an inductor in a buck or boost convertor then it will need to be replaced by the correct value.

Dave is right !
 

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That style of inductor isn't used as the energy storage inductor in switching supplies - at least, I've never seen it. I think they're too lossy. All the SMPS inductors I've seen have complete magnetic loops - RM-series ferrite cores and similar, even ring cores, but not axial like that.

As duke37 says, you could temporarily replace it with a wire link.

I think the chance that at least the main regulator has lost its magic smoke is about 99.999%. And the chance that the CPU followed suit a few nanoseconds later is about 95% too.
 

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Yeah, the CPU is the big thing. It will have firmware on it, so even if you could replace it, you'd have to reprogram it and that may not be possible.

Give it a go. Replace the inductor with a link and carefully power it up. Maybe use a lower voltage (5V perhaps) adapter at first.

If it's not a direct short anywhere you may see some activity. That would be encouraging.
 
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