23 Nov
2002
23 Nov
'02
10:20 a.m.
only the power harness. And assuming one couldn't
find a replacement
power harness for the bad
one, what would it take to modify/repair the bad one to
make it safe to
use? Is it just the matter >of replacing some of the existing
wire with
something of a heavier gauge?
I believe the problem is that the wires are of differing lengths
and hence resistance. Plus they were (or may have been) specced
a tad to near the limit. The end result was that the longest wire
(greatest resistance) heated up the most and eventually went phut,
leaving the other five (or so) to go pop shortly thereafter.
So heavier gauge and same length would seem to be required.
OTOH if the problem was that bad (none of mine in the lab ever exhibited
any pyrotechnic tendencies) would it not have corrected itself by now
:-)
Antonio