Anyone on here mess with electronics?
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What is it and what did it do that it does not now?
I would focus here
Check the Blk Cap top to see if it has popped
I would focus here
Check the Blk Cap top to see if it has popped
Phillips head screwdriver?
Looks made in China CRAP
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Call the guy....
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I would look online to see if anyone has a similar problem. I am guessing you probably did that already. If I found nothing online, I’d verify that power is reaching the board from the battery leads. Then I would want to look at a schematic and try to trace where there is no power but I’d probably just get a new one at that point.
Bottom right corner below the white connector. The black deal isn't supposed to be swollen like that. Sorry I can't think of the name of it right now. Just had a senior moment.
Yep that's it. Thanks brother.
The puffed/bulged capacitors are either dying or are already dead. Burst capacitors are dead ones and should be replaced right away. Capacitors usually act as an open circuit and so if testing with a multimeter shows open, its probably good. A capacitor showing short across with a multimeter is definite gone.
Most capacitors are filled with conductive electrolyte and it can break down with time, as capacitor banks are often not designed to be stable in the presence of oxygen from the air. Thus a leaky seal lets in oxygen in, and it creates decomposition with electrolyte and creates gas, thus leads to swelling of capacitors
The puffed/bulged capacitors are either dying or are already dead. Burst capacitors are dead ones and should be replaced right away. Capacitors usually act as an open circuit and so if testing with a multimeter shows open, its probably good. A capacitor showing short across with a multimeter is definite gone.
Most capacitors are filled with conductive electrolyte and it can break down with time, as capacitor banks are often not designed to be stable in the presence of oxygen from the air. Thus a leaky seal lets in oxygen in, and it creates decomposition with electrolyte and creates gas, thus leads to swelling of capacitors
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I told him this back on the 1st post and he said it was fine
Doesn't look fine. It's swollen.
Flower what name and model is this Laser Level?
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Good call
Which one
The one dip in security coating ? you can tell it looks swollen man your eyes are good
Also he sent me a video where the unit does power up but it is stuck in a mode where it just beeps solid . IC may have gone bad could be a few things
