Hi Everyone..perhaps this thread should be sub-titled "Things to check BEFORE you knacker your new pod"
I have a separate thread in the chatroom but in essence i have now determined i have a faulty control box.
R1 has 12v in but almost 0v out and the voltage regulator shows 0 volts in (or out obviously).So my question is ...
Is the value of R1 2.2 ohms..the colour code APPEARS to be red/red/gold/gold...is has been decades since i last calculated resistor values and i can no longer rememberr the dirty rhyme to equate colours with numbers, and the circuit diagram states 2R2 which is a method for writing resistor values i have not seen before.
Secondly ...should i source the voltage reg. whilst i get the resistors tomorrow??? Is it likely the failed resistor will have damaged the regulator also ?..the present Vr is an LM342...will any 5v/3 pin Vr suit or will i need a specific component???
Any ideas .. oooh another weekend and another planned first run up in smoke !!!!