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Trials & Tribulations of Chip Repairs & Upgrades

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An F1 DPR chip arrived on my doorstep to be fixed. It looked perfectly OK but would not run when connected to a chassis and tested on a powerbase. After a check of the components, I found that three of the four diodes were not working at all so I replaced them with 1A Schottkys .........

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All still looking OK ....... time to test my handy work .......
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Reassembled back onto the testbed, I pulled the throttle back and woomph!
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... very bright flames & tons of acrid smoke.

As you can see, the dual MOSFETs, top left, has decided to expire. It is a dual MOSFET bereft of any magical smoke, it is an ex-MOSFET.
I wonder if Farnell can help me out in the morning? ......
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Flip!
Good going Greg = You must have the eyes of a hawk
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We'de be Digitally'Lost without you Chip'Repair knowledge.

I put 1 of your Stage#1 chips into an *Old'Motor'SCX* & fitted a 10z pinion =
Running Super Smooth & Responsive
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Cheers m8~ R ....................
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