[time-nuts] Need - PRS10 magic smoke

[Bob Camp]

Hi

In a run-away oven situation, the solder generally looks a lot worse and the board is a lot closer to black than 
chocolate brown.  Best guess - that magic tantalum isn’t up to the job they are trying to make it do. 

Bob

> On Jun 13, 2016, at 6:32 PM, Skip Withrow <skip.withrow at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello time-nuts,
> 
> Well, broke out a PRS10 that I had put away for a project some time ago and
> upon power up found that it had issues.  Status indicated low lamp output
> and high lamp temperature.  Duh!  Upon removal of the lamp assembly it
> became abundantly clear that the magic smoke had gotten out.
> 
> If I recall correctly, seems like there was another PRS10 with corrosion
> issues in the same area.  My guess is that the heat does not help this
> situation.  I suspect that I may have a full-on heater, which may have
> caused the tantalum cap (and possibly other) failures.
> 
> Looks like this may be the weak spot in these oscillators.  I'm very
> hopeful that a rebuild will bring it back to life.
> 
> Thought you would enjoy the pictures though.  Two are attached.
> 
> Regards,
> Skip Withrow
> 
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