At 01:12 AM 1/22/2003, Richard Williams wrote: >The component you pointed out is definitely fried. Replacing only that Dick, I think what we're seeing there is the coating they applied to waterproof the board, not the resistor itself. It's a power resistor and undoubtedly expects to get hot in operation -- notice how they mounted it clear of the board so [the board] wouldn't get burnt? cheers, david
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