Is my converter fried? (TEAR DOWN NOTE)
RV won't run the slides out etc. even when plugged into shore power. I have confirmed shore power (my house) is good as microwave in the RV will work. I do not have an RV battery installed as they ...
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DSchmidt_2000 wrote:Gdetrailer wrote:ib516 wrote:
They say 10W1K5J on them.
That is a 10W 1K ohm power resistor with 5% tolerance.
1.4K measured using 2K ohm scale of a VOM is within the realm of possibility of being correct since your meter may or may not be able accurately measure that resistance on that scale.
Your resistors are most likely good and not the source of trouble.
Agree that the resistors are good but 1K5J is 1.5K, not 1K 5%. The J might be tolerance if the original manufacturer datasheet is consulted.
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Yeah, 1.5K and yes, the J should be the tolerance.. Regardless with those resistors they tend to not go bad and seeing some heated/slightly scorched circuit board under and around them is not uncommon. Pretty typical since the resistor will be dissipating a considerable amount of heat and some of that heat ends up transferring to the wire leads and even the circuit board solder pads..
Used to often have to resolder those on older TVs since the heat build up would often crack the solder joints..
Rarely ever had to replace that style of resistor.
Replacing the caps would most likely make it work again but you would have to nearly replace them all, other wise you will be chasing others which will go bad later on..
OP is on the right track, new convert will solve the problem.
