> David Roden wrote:
> > I stopped having these kind of problems - and
> headaches with those flaky little connectors GE used on the
> card edge - when I put a modern (well, late '90s era anyway)
> transistor controller in my ET.
>
> True, there is that option, and to be honest it makes the
> Elec-Trak a lot more survivable than say my US Electricar
> Prizm. If that controller fails either we fix it or you have
> a large rock in your driveway.
>
> That said, the thing that is annoying me about the
> Elec-Trak is the same thing that annoys me about the Prizm:
> Both controllers do not have proper fuses.
>
> On the E20 there is a "fuse" for the controller circuitry,
> however it's rating is much too high for the circuits on the
> control boards. As a result if a component shorts you don't
> blow the fuse, you blow traces and the like. Very annoying.
> On the other hand this is a single-layer board, and is as
> dull as dirt to fix. Assuming I can find out the part
> numbers for the transistors.
>
> That said, it looks like the smaller diodes are starting to
> die. The bigger ones for the field control have all been
> replaced, guess I need to get some smaller ones from Radio
> shack now.
>
> Chris
>
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