[Kenwood] Stinky TS-850

[Kees - pa7two]

Hi Mark, 

More likely many capacitors... 

I had the exact same phenomenon two years ago and on the DDS PCB I had to replace all the caps (13 pieces if I do recall correctly). Don't wait too long as the electrolyte can destroy the chips in a split second...! 


Vy 73, de Kees - PA7TWO - M5TWO


> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 10:31:30 -0700
> From: n5kae at swbell.net
> To: kenwood at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Kenwood] Stinky TS-850
> 
> Hello,
> I have a faithful TS-850S-AT I bought 19 years ago, and it has served me well 
> except for a leaky lytic that trashed my display power 
> trace (fixed) and a battery replacement.  Over the past year, when I turn it on, 
> a strong amine-type fishy smell emits from it (definitely coming from the 850).  
> Has anyone else had this, and could it again be a blown capacitor?  
> 
> 
> Thanks and 73 !
> Mark
> N5KAE
> 
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