[ICOM] Water damage to PW-1, now inop

Jim ke4wy at zoomtown.com
Sun Apr 22 18:21:42 EDT 2007


Ken, all I see is OUTPUT POWER IS TOO LOW "The protector circuit activates
and a band indicator blinks" SOLUTION "STOP THE EXCITERS TRRANSMISSION, THEN
PUSH [AMP/PROTECT]to deactivate the protection circuit.  ?????????????


I note it states Push [AMP/PROTECT] to cancel the protection circuit. 

OK, does the amp stay on when you transmit thru the exiter only???

Here is more info


These items have to do with blinking lights

Item 6   Current bands indicator       possible cause   gain of the final
FET drops

Item 8 [AMP/PROTECT]                   possible cause   The power supply has
a malfunction   

Jim  

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Ken Kinyon
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 6:02 PM
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: RE: [ICOM] Water damage to PW-1, now inop

Larry,
In some obscure section of the back of the manual is a table that decodes
the
blinking lights.  I don't have mine any more, so can't look it up.  However,
I
am guessing a vacation in Bellevue is in order for it. Good Luck with it.
73,
Ken W7TS

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Larry Gauthier (K8UT)
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 15:56
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: [ICOM] Water damage to PW-1, now inop


Due to a burst water pipe, water poured into my PW-1 while it was operating!
for a few brief moments (less than a minute) yesterday. I immediately
removed the cover, dried the components that had gotten wet, and blew a fan
into the amp for 8 hours to dry any remaining water.

Upon turning on the amp today, all visual indicators seem to be working
properly - all the normal indicator lamps work, bandswitching works, tuner
functions, ACC1 connection tracks the band that my 756 is switched to, and
the fan starts. Everything looks normal UNTIL I switch to transmit mode.
Then the amp/protect lamps switches to red and the band LED begins blinking.
This failure occurs on every band, regardless whether the tuner is engaged,
and into a dummy load (perfect SWR).

Any suggestions as to where I should look? Or is it time to pack it into a
large box and ship it to Icom?

-larry
K8UT

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