[1000mp] Display Dead FT-1000MP

[Mike Gilmer, N2MG]

Gary

In my case I found that the thermal fuse on the inverter board had fried.
I wrote up a description of the repair and it's available on VA3CR's
excellent resource:

http://www.va3cr.net/1000MP/Problems/DisplayFailure.htm

Hope that helps.

Mike N2MG

On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 9:26 AM gary skillicorn <garyskillicorn at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> It was not a gradual dimming but a sudden loss of the display preceded by
> a faint smell of a hot component. Performance otherwise is ok. Before I dig
> in to inspect the inverter board anyone have ideas of what I'll likely
> find.  Anyone have experience with inverter boards sold on Ebay?  I'd
> rather not go the LED display replacement mod unless I have to.
> Gary  K3GS
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