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EddieM
I've put this is UK electrics although I guess it could easily go into tools or indeed DIY disasters.
Right, firstly I admit my knowledge of electrics is limited to say the least, and my knowledge of electronics even more so.
The problem was the laser on my mitre saw packed up. I took the laser off and ascertained that there was no voltage being registered at the laser. I then took the switch assembly off, and ascertianed there was no voltage output here either. I checked the inpput to the switch assembly, this read 240v. So naturally I reckoned the fault was in the switch assembly which incidentally transforms the 240v AC to 3.3v DC.
I then connected the 240v supply to the switch, and went to test the input to the switch and the output, to see if it was the actual switch itself rather than the transformer gubbins.
When I put the probes on the switch output, there was an electric flash, and I have now truly blown some of the electronics in the switch unit.
Why did this happen, was it because I accidentally connected 2 resistors in parallel ?
Feel free to laugh now.
Right, firstly I admit my knowledge of electrics is limited to say the least, and my knowledge of electronics even more so.
The problem was the laser on my mitre saw packed up. I took the laser off and ascertained that there was no voltage being registered at the laser. I then took the switch assembly off, and ascertianed there was no voltage output here either. I checked the inpput to the switch assembly, this read 240v. So naturally I reckoned the fault was in the switch assembly which incidentally transforms the 240v AC to 3.3v DC.
I then connected the 240v supply to the switch, and went to test the input to the switch and the output, to see if it was the actual switch itself rather than the transformer gubbins.
When I put the probes on the switch output, there was an electric flash, and I have now truly blown some of the electronics in the switch unit.
Why did this happen, was it because I accidentally connected 2 resistors in parallel ?
Feel free to laugh now.