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

William B. Chapman w5yjb at sbcglobal.net
Mon Apr 23 11:29:25 EDT 2007


In all likelihood, this loss will be covered by your HOMEOWNERS policy or if 
you just lease, your HOMEOWNERS TENANT policy subject to your policy 
deductible. At least check with your agent and better yet, read your policy. 
Such water losses ARE covered in Texas but the actual loss after the 
deductible may be so low that you should not file a claim and therein have 
it on your record. For example, if you have a $200,000 home and a 1% 
deductible, you may find it isn't worth filing a claim.

Bill
W5YJB
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Gauthier (K8UT)" <K8UT at arrl.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 4:55 PM
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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