Clugnut
Gimme some roombas!
- Aug 13, 2006
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Does anyone have any experience here with working on the guts in electronics? Here is what I did:
At work Monday, I unknowingly plugged my Makita battery charger into a 220v outlet. What resulted was a pop and a little puff of smoke. I cracked it open, and right after where the power comes into the board was what looked like a capacitor, all black and cracked down the middle. A little digging revealed this is a MOV (metal oxide varistor), or the sacrificial lamb when dipshits plug stuff in incorrect outlets.
My questions are: Where can I get a tvr-10241 MOV?, and, Do you think that this part saved the charger, or am I wasting my time? Thanks for your advice.
At work Monday, I unknowingly plugged my Makita battery charger into a 220v outlet. What resulted was a pop and a little puff of smoke. I cracked it open, and right after where the power comes into the board was what looked like a capacitor, all black and cracked down the middle. A little digging revealed this is a MOV (metal oxide varistor), or the sacrificial lamb when dipshits plug stuff in incorrect outlets.
My questions are: Where can I get a tvr-10241 MOV?, and, Do you think that this part saved the charger, or am I wasting my time? Thanks for your advice.