I loaned out my Flex 1500 along with a 222 transverter to a friend who
wanted to experiment with the set up at his home for a few days. He called
me and said that he couldn't get the unit to work, and asked if I would take
a look. I went over after work expecting to find the usual assortment of
software related issues.
Instead, when I was looking over his connections, I happened to touch the
USB connector on the front of the unit. It was hot to the touch, and I
immediately realized something was amiss. We unplugged
everything, and that's when I spotted his error. I had provided a small
switching 13 volt power supply equipped with Anderson PowerPoles. He was
unfamiliar with them, and didn't realize that they were reversed in
alignment. When he couldn’t get red to mate with red (physically) he instead
mated red to black. The result was that he applied reverse polarity to the
Flex 1500 for quite some time.
The unit now refuses to power up (no power indication on the front panel LED
switch) and otherwise function.
So, how screwed am I? And no, this isn't one of those "I have a friend"
stories, when the friend is me. Callsigns have simply been changed to
protect the innocent.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
EM63nf
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
6M VUCC #1712
Grid Bandit #222
Life Member Central States VHF Society
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