(Topic ID: 19027)

ST:TNG- Strange Borg Ship Flasher issues

By slapshot

11 years ago



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#1 11 years ago

The flashers are not working properly in the Borg Ship, only the left side flashers work and the odd time they might work in the middle of the Borg ship and not at all on the right.
In test mode they work on the left side, nothing for the centre and in test for the right side, the right side does not blink, but the left side does instead, bizarre. The GI bulbs in the left and right side work. I have re-flowed the solder on the boards and both diodes test okay.....what next?
Thanks in advance

#2 11 years ago

Did you swap the bulbs? Are the flashers tied together or controlled separately? If tied together, test continuity between the working and non working. If separate, trace it back to the board. Test continuity at the board. Perhaps swap wires at the board so the transistor that's controlling the working left controls the right. If the rights come on then then it's a board problem. Otherwise it's wiring.

#3 11 years ago

Thanks Markmon, it appears the boards are tied together and the continuity seems alright and I had swapped the bulbs, weird problem here.

#4 11 years ago
Quoted from slapshot:

Thanks Markmon, it appears the boards are tied together and the continuity seems alright and I had swapped the bulbs, weird problem here.

"Continuity seems alright" means what exactly? How did you test it? You tested the left wire on one working socket to the left wire on the non-working socket and the same with the right and it was continuous each time? If that is true, then perhaps the socket, itself, is the problem.

#5 11 years ago

Now working. Was a connector issue- thanks

#6 11 years ago

Nice work! What was the connector issue? Were there just a couple of connectors plugged into the wrong spot?

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