Byron, I would guess from the "SA" marking on the board that this is a spark arrestor of some type. The rest of the puzzle is not entirely obvious to me.
73, Don W3FPR On 6/5/2011 6:52 PM, Byron Servies wrote: > Hi, > > Having build a number of Elecraft kits, I thought I would try to > tackle repairing my answering machine. Why not? It's this or buy a > new one and it might be fun to try and repair it first, despite now > having to expose my ignorance here. When a call comes in, the > answering machine subsystem resets itself on every ring, so something > in the power isolation between the ring signal and the rest of the > hardware would seem to be the problem. > > The Panasonic KX-TS602B phone actually has a number of through-hole > components on it's boards and is well labelled. Right next to the > ring input is the component in the image linked below. At first, I > thought it was a diode, but this feeds in to a set of 4 smaller diodes > which is probably the AC/DC rectifier for the ring signal. So, this > is either a capacitor or an inductor, right? > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/motivatedturnip/5802121100 > > Next to the holes for this component is a label "SA102" and there is a > directionality arrow pointing from the orange band to the grey band. > There is a part with identical markings near the DC power input, and > it has the label "SA101". My multimeter measures this part as an open > circuit, regardless of settings (resistor, capacitor, diode in both > directions), so it might actually be the culprit. > > Can anyone help me identify what this part is, so I can look for a > replacement? Once you stop laughing, that is ;-) > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
