Whitechapel MG-1 : dead power supply ?

From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed Jan 14 18:55:53 2004

On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 22:30, Tony Duell wrote:
> A kludge, sure, but it's better than the Torch XXX where the official
> procedure is to replace the PSU assembly if the battery goes flat (!).

Indeed. I happen to have the XXX service manual on the desk at the
moment (for once something is to hand and not buried!)

The offical procedure was to check the battery voltage and if under,
bypass the PSU to charge the battery. *Then* if it was still dead, swap
out the PSU.

So not quite as bad as just swapping the lot on a flat battery, but
almost!

(From the service manual it looks like that quirky touch-switch was
expected to fail too...)

cheers

Jules
Received on Wed Jan 14 2004 - 18:55:53 GMT