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

[Jim Idelson]

I am motivated by the 'Jim' reference, even though I know it's source . . .

The problem underlying this latest failure is probably the same as
previous, but you might want to do the normal troubleshooting steps . . .
like . . .

Is there an internal fuse? Can you check it?

73 Jim K1IR

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022, 8:53 PM Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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