A Hovering Board Power Charger Repaired
A guy next door brought this hovering board power charger for repair and explained that the charger is completely dead. As he continued to explain that he heard a pup sound before it went into shut down.
As you can see in the photo, this charger is 42 DC volt rated at 2 amps. The idea of this charger is to get a green light on the stand by which mean the 42 DC volts are presents. Once it was plugged into the hovering board charging port, the light should switch to red indicating it was charging. Once the charging process is done, the charger should go back to the stand by light which is green. In my case here, the green light was not present and therefore it should be opened and checked out.
The moment I opened the charger, I saw that the fuse was not there which means it was blown off or someone tried to fix it and was not successful.
Since the fuse was gone, the only logical thing to do is to check the bridge rectifier.
After the cleaning of the charger and did some testing, I found out that the bridge rectifier was shorted and needed replacement.
In the photo above are the replacement of the bridge rectifier and a fuse. The fuse rating is 3.15 amp which I have plenty of in the shop. I checked for another shorted components and found none. I replace the bridge rectifier but I did not add the fuse yet, instead I added a light bulb to the fuse terminals (sorry forgot to take photo of) and powered on the device. The Light bulb stayed dim indicating all is well in this charger. The green light was on and steady.
I added the fuse in its place and powered on the charger and as expected, it was up and running.
Mission Accomplished.
This article was prepared for you by Waleed Rishmawi, one of our ‘Master Authors’ and currently working in the Bethlehem area of Palestine repairing electrical and electronic equipment.
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Dmitriy Pomazov
May 22, 2020 at 11:26 am
"very complex failure" -diode bridge and fuse! Minor, gentlemen!
Albert van Bemmelen
May 22, 2020 at 1:24 pm
I suppose that after noticing the fuse had blown off on itself it was only because the diode bridge heavily shorted. And not because someone already had tried to fix it invain. And it is always a good thing having replacement fuses (and other parts) in stock for cases like this.
Waleed Rishmawi
May 23, 2020 at 12:31 am
Albert: I suppose. Have a blessed day
Parasuraman S
May 22, 2020 at 5:24 pm
Very straightforward job! But Well handled and done!
Waleed Rishmawi
May 23, 2020 at 12:29 am
Parasuraman: indeed. Have a blessed day
Yogesh Panchal
May 22, 2020 at 6:38 pm
Good Job! Waleed
Waleed Rishmawi
May 23, 2020 at 12:30 am
Yogesh: thanks man. Have a good and blessed day
Greenford William Mafuleka
May 25, 2020 at 10:14 pm
Thank you for repair job nicely done. Will do research to find my fellow technicians who would be interested to join our team.
Greenford William Mafuleka
June 27, 2020 at 8:04 pm
Dear Sir,
Thank you for the best repair information. Will try find you some interested to join your site.
I also need you to find me 12v dc to 220v ac power inverter technician and components seller.
Will appreciate. Regards.
Greenford William Mafuleka