On 28-Nov-07, at 1:02 AM, Soren Kristensen wrote:

> 1206 ferrite bead 300R 2.5A, t.ex. MI1206M301R available from Digikey.

Thanks Soren - it may be a while before I have access to the necessary  
tools, but once I do I will give that a try.

> But please note that multiple parts in the power supply circuit  
> often dies when something like that happens....

and yes, as was stated by a few others that may indeed be the case  
here, but for the cost of the part and a few minutes time I may as  
well try!

On 28-Nov-07, at 8:54 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> Actually, it might be the flank that killed the ferrite, not the
> raw current.

This makes sense here I think.

For a bit of background, the net4801 was acting as a routing computer  
for a remote wireless network repeater station up on top of a ridge on  
an island.  Due to the remote location the system is powered by solar  
and wind with a large battery bank.  The short occurred not on the  
soekris or on the lines between it and the battery, but in a line that  
heads up to the wind generator.  The short was a result of storm  
damage and was not a dead short but an intermittent arcing to ground  
(via the tower) and never pulled high current long enough to trip the  
fuse that is in place between the batteries and the equipment.

On 28-Nov-07, at 12:39 AM, Stanislav Meduna wrote:

> However, this looks more like damage to the board than
> to a component, I'd guess a thin trace got overloaded
> and overheated.

Actually things look ok in that respect, I took that picture before  
touching things and after wiping the residue off the board looks ok,  
while the part seems to have opened up and spewed the nice fan you see  
there.

Thanks for all your responses!

Sean Murphy
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