07-09-2015, 09:22 PM
I can report Dr Chopper had a successful operation today on Vince's long time love -- his 20 year old BearCat scanner.
Blown bits were the diode seen in the pic, the three legged thingy that limits power which was literally blown in half,
a couple of resisters, couple capacitors, burnt out motherboard tracks, and a rooted audio amplifier.
I slipped down to Jaycar and to grab a new audio TDA7245 amplifier for the Doc to slip in.
Before the big bang, the audio was low anyways - not anymore. She's pumpin now.
All Vince's added channels are OK and it's working like new.
Moral of the story - use a fuse in you power cables. (one was added today as well)

Blown bits were the diode seen in the pic, the three legged thingy that limits power which was literally blown in half,
a couple of resisters, couple capacitors, burnt out motherboard tracks, and a rooted audio amplifier.
I slipped down to Jaycar and to grab a new audio TDA7245 amplifier for the Doc to slip in.
Before the big bang, the audio was low anyways - not anymore. She's pumpin now.
All Vince's added channels are OK and it's working like new.
Moral of the story - use a fuse in you power cables. (one was added today as well)


