[NSRCA-discussion] Problem JR10 X Battery Cassette

vicenterc at comcast.net vicenterc at comcast.net
Fri Oct 19 06:30:54 AKDT 2007


Thanks Jon,

Very good conclusion.  I am going to get the polyswitches.  It is safer to have the fuse.

I lost a pattern plane due to the lost of contact between the cassete and the transmitter plug.  I use the same procedure to make sure that the battery does not move.

Regards

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Vicente "Vince" Bortone

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From: Jon Lowe <jonlowe at aol.com> 

> I've had the same problem. Both cassettes in the two 10x's I bought 
> used had the fuse bypassed by a piece of wire. I bought polyswitches 
> from Tower (Radio South also carries them) to replace the fuses. They 
> act like a fuse, but auto reset after the short is gone. Best of both 
> worlds. Takes 5 minutes to do. 
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> BTW, the circuit board in both of my cassettes had the fuse location 
> marked with a diode symbol. Maybe they originally intended to use a 
> diode, but there was definitely a fuse in that location originally. 
> That is probably where the confusion stems from on fuse vs. diode. 
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> Incidently, after ANY work on your cassettes, make SURE the plug face 
> is flush with the case. I had one partially trapped by the cassette 
> case after I replaced the pack recently, and it would only make 
> intermittant contact with the plug in the transmitter. Also, the fit 
> of the cassettes in the hole in the transmitter case can loosen over 
> time, adn the cassettes can lose contact, shutting the transmitter down 
> at an inopportune time. I know of someone who lost two airplanes 
> before he realized what was going on. I had it happen on the bench. 
> So I added some tape to the cassettes to make them a tighter fit in the 
> transmitter case. The door on the back of the transmitter is not a 
> sure method of kepping the cassette in, so extra care is warranted. 
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> Jon Lowe 
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> Thanks to all that responded. Yes, the problem was that piece which is 
> a fuse (is not a diode as someone suggested). It is 2-3 amp fuse base 
> on the responds I got. The quick solution is just to bypass the fuse. 
> I know, that eliminates the protection but our chargers already have 
> the protection so should not be a problem. 
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> Vicente "Vince" Bortone 
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> From: Orland Mckee 
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> Hi Vincent 
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>     Its a 3 amp fuse 
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> Ihncheol Park wrote: 
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> Vince, 
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> I think I got the fuse from RadioShack. If you bring the blown one, 
> they can tell you which one. 
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> I may have some somewhere. If you can not find one, let me know. I 
> believe the fuse is about 1/2" long and a little less than 1/4" 
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> Thanks Ed. I know how to solder electronic components. I could 
> replaced myself. Anyone knows where to buy this small fuse and the 
> specs? 
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> Vicente "Vince" Bortone 
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> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Ed Alt" 
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> Its a blown fuse Vince. This sometimes happens because of a temporary 
> short when plugging or unplugging the charge jack, especially if using 
> an aftermarket adapter. Â You can either send it in or if handy with a 
> soldering iron and if you can find the part locally, replace it 
> yourself. Â Its a dumb design that requires the user to send equipment 
> in for repair because of a blown fuse, but there it is. Great radio 
> otherwise. 
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> Ed 
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> I am having problems with one of my batteries. The radio works but the 
> battery does not want to charge. I checked and there is a circuit 
> board with just one component. It appears a resistor or something 
> similar. I think that is the bad component but not sure now. I just 
> want to check if someone out there had similar problem and solved. 
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> Vicente "Vince" Bortone 
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