As I mentioned in my Christmas road show thread, one of my usually reliable Crest (Aristo) 5400 power packs was giving us trouble. Well, today I fabricated a tri point screwdriver from a junk phillips, opened it up and found out why.... While it was in storage, moisture had gotten in. - Enough to cause a lot of corrosion (the white furry kind) on the back side of the circuit board. So I spent an hour gently cleaning it with white vinegar and a q-tip... hopefully that will take care of that problem.
While I had it apart, I had this crazy idea. A few weeks ago Kimmee had found this old New Bright shed that I had forgotten I even owned...
It had housed electronics for the NB set, so why not put something actually useful inside instead? It took about 3 minutes to remove the 5400 stuff from it's case
I measured the circuit board. It would just fit mounted to the underside of the roof. The big honking throttle knob will look funny, but maybe I can find a smaller one eventually.
Everything tucked inside the shanty with plenty more air space than it had before. room enough to maybe install a fan, even
First coat of AV colors. The green power-on diode leads had corroded and broken - So instead of fussing with that, I decided to go another route. The security light over the door has been hard wired to the accessory leads to perform that duty. I put a 470-ohm resistor in series with it to soften it, and extend the GoW bulb's life.
Kim pronounced it "cute". I'm thinking it won't be quite as obvious as the original case if it ends up in pictures, anyway. I'll probably put a barrel or something over the big hole where the New Bright wall pack connected
While I had it apart, I had this crazy idea. A few weeks ago Kimmee had found this old New Bright shed that I had forgotten I even owned...
It had housed electronics for the NB set, so why not put something actually useful inside instead? It took about 3 minutes to remove the 5400 stuff from it's case
I measured the circuit board. It would just fit mounted to the underside of the roof. The big honking throttle knob will look funny, but maybe I can find a smaller one eventually.
Everything tucked inside the shanty with plenty more air space than it had before. room enough to maybe install a fan, even
First coat of AV colors. The green power-on diode leads had corroded and broken - So instead of fussing with that, I decided to go another route. The security light over the door has been hard wired to the accessory leads to perform that duty. I put a 470-ohm resistor in series with it to soften it, and extend the GoW bulb's life.
Kim pronounced it "cute". I'm thinking it won't be quite as obvious as the original case if it ends up in pictures, anyway. I'll probably put a barrel or something over the big hole where the New Bright wall pack connected
