Guest spirochete Posted March 6, 2006 Posted March 6, 2006 Hi, The missing components I referred to at the beginning of this thread are two surface mount transistors (T31 and T34 I believe), the pads of which are located on the LHS of the board near the main connector.....a 'T1 type' and a 'U1 type'. The absence of these effectively removes the ground return path to the battery.........which isn't too clever. It IS possible to replace these yourself but you'll need a needle-point iron, good eyesight and and very steady hand! As I said, I don't think that many boards 'got out' but if you come across this one you'll know why. Regards, Spiro'
toenee Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Hi,The missing components I referred to at the beginning of this thread are two surface mount transistors (T31 and T34 I believe), the pads of which are located on the LHS of the board near the main connector.....a 'T1 type' and a 'U1 type'. The absence of these effectively removes the ground return path to the battery.........which isn't too clever. It IS possible to replace these yourself but you'll need a needle-point iron, good eyesight and and very steady hand! As I said, I don't think that many boards 'got out' but if you come across this one you'll know why. Regards, Spiro' Hi spirochete just took delivery of the 595 with bigger psu and battery space what a beast of a case
Guest spirochete Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Hi ToeNee, Sorry for not replying.......had a few days away. You must have the large one of the 3 versions of the 595, (from what Gardtec tell me): 1) Plastic cased 2) Metal cased - room for a 7AHr batt./1.2 amp PSU, 3) Metal cased - room for a 17AHr batt / 2 amp PSU........... (In the case of the last one, you can probably jump-start the car in an emergency!) I think the 3rd one (2amp) is a good move if there are a lot of current draining attachments in the installation. Very easy to creep up to 1amp or over......e.g. RKP & panel (idling) 150mA PIRs (typically) 20mA each Typical Bellbox 50mA idle, 400mA on SAB (each) (not too keen on SCB) Dialler if you have one ...100mA etc etc.....soon adds up! Some interesting notes in the latest Engineers Addendum on battery rates / charging / battery savers for the various grades of system. Anyway.......hope you can find a bit of wall big enough! Spiro'
Paul P Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 Anyway.......hope you can find a bit of wall big enough! Spiro' That explains the massive boxes that turned up yesterday Trade Member
Guest Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 That explains the massive boxes that turned up yesterday No, that'll be 1 roll of 8 core and 5m^3 of those plastic packing bags knowing GardTec.
arfur mo Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 No, that'll be 1 roll of 8 core and 5m^3 of those plastic packing bags knowing GardTec. i just cannot ressist popping those giant air bags used in packing, especialy as someone walks by, childish i know, but great fun regs arfur_mo If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!
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