[bars] Ughh.... I think it's dead, Jim

[Tim KC1RET]

Thanks for your reply, Tony.

I've seen a reference online to an internal fuse.  I have downloaded the 
service manual and will review.

73,

T.

On 8/19/2022 20:15, Tony Brock-Fisher via bars wrote:
>
> Any chance it might have blown an internal fuse? Check the manual, 
> schematic...
>
> -Tony
>
> On 8/19/2022 8:02 PM, Tim KC1RET wrote:
>> Well, there is much sadness around my QTH today...  I think I killed 
>> my TS-2000.
>>
>> I've had my TS2000 for a few months now and I'm loving it! The only 
>> issue I've had with it was on a very hot day last month it did 
>> shutdown (power off) during xmit. It came back on almost immediately. 
>> It happened a few times that day. I caulked it up to a thermal 
>> protection shutdown.
>>
>> Today, which was quite mild by comparison, it happened again. Only 
>> this time, it did not come back on. It is completely dead - no 
>> response to power button at all. I had done a pretty heavy FT8 
>> session earlier in the hour (I work FT8/4 almost exclusively) but was 
>> working a POTA site on SSB at the time of the shutdown (sorry. HI8PAP 
>> - I didn't mean to disappear in the middle of the QSO!). The fan was 
>> running at the time, which is normal, but the radio did not seem at 
>> all warm.
>>
>> I've confirmed the voltage on the supply cable (at the radio 
>> connector), disconnected everything else, and tried a Full Reset - 
>> nada. The AT was activated and I had recently done a tune on the 
>> active band. The SWR meter on the radio barely moved during xmit.  
>> There were no obvious 'POP's or signs of the magic smoke, just the 
>> normal power-off sound.
>>
>> Is it dead, Jim?  Anyone know a good repair tech?
>>
>> T.
>>
>>
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