Hey guys. It looks like some magic smoke came out of my convertacom the other day. While I was sitting in traffic the smoke literally came rolling out of it.
After taking things apart, it appears that one of the large 1500uF capacitors in the switching supply of the unit went bad. I can fix that no problem. I just wanted to ask you guys if you thought that there might be anything else I would look at while I had the unit apart. I would hate to get it all back together and find out it was another problem. For the sake of providing further details, the control section of the MVA seems fine. It seems that the charging section has been the most effected. I don't see anything else burnt or damaged. My greatest concern is U1 which is a UC 2843N. In preparation of this also being a bad component, I have been looking for a replacement and haven't had any luck. Any thoughts or comments? Albert KI4ORI
