I kid you not, testing the CODAN NGT in the car today, replacing a 9323, working rather well with HFradioclub picking up my GPS beacons, things were looking great. The car was parked in the driveway and I had the laptop in the car reading the NGT manual, down goes the internet. Didn't think to much of it but when I went back inside to power cycle the router, the lights weren't behaving and it definitely had a brown smell :-)
Radio is earthed fine in the car, no problems with any other electrical items, ADSL modem was fine but the router just smoked itself. Quick check found the 12v rail shorted to ground, something definitely shorted....Borrowed a replacement and away we go !
Morale of the story, no idea....$hit happens :-)
Radio is earthed fine in the car, no problems with any other electrical items, ADSL modem was fine but the router just smoked itself. Quick check found the 12v rail shorted to ground, something definitely shorted....Borrowed a replacement and away we go !
Morale of the story, no idea....$hit happens :-)
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