Samlex Inverter Circuit Board Damage
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Hi all,
Just cracked open this Samlex inverter to see why the power input light comes on, but no juice comes out.
Owner said it got wet, but I didn't want to believe that a Samlex would be killed by H2O. Now that I'm looking at it, it seems it got very wet. A lot. There looks like there's plenty of water damage all over the board.
While inspecting I came across this component, noticeable because of all the rust-colored excretion around it. I'm wondering if anyone knows what the component is, just for my own education. It looks like a tiny transistor to me...?
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Looking forward to your thoughts.
-Casey
Just cracked open this Samlex inverter to see why the power input light comes on, but no juice comes out.
Owner said it got wet, but I didn't want to believe that a Samlex would be killed by H2O. Now that I'm looking at it, it seems it got very wet. A lot. There looks like there's plenty of water damage all over the board.
While inspecting I came across this component, noticeable because of all the rust-colored excretion around it. I'm wondering if anyone knows what the component is, just for my own education. It looks like a tiny transistor to me...?
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Looking forward to your thoughts.
-Casey
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Hi Casey,
That part looks like a Surface-Mount Capacitor. The adjoining part that is not stuffed is labeled C ??, would bet that the white Legend labels the part in question as C-something.
Would bet that the residue is not rust. FWIW. Good Luck, Vic
Yep, cap. Leaking too.
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