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Re: IR Board Fried?
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Originally Posted by JCODER View Post
we accidently reversed the positive and negative wires on the IR board(pins 1 & 3). Unfortuantely we had a burning smell and when we tried it the correct way we get no response from our board. I think the board is fried....but this also seems like a common mistake and I thought the board would have protection against this. Please help!!!!!!!
We too had a burning smell and got no response. We used a 9V battery.
We confirmed and doubled checked that the wiring was done correctly.
I did the wiring myself and had it doubled check by another Mentor.
We did find the the voltage regulator was lose when we first smelled it.

So we are assume the voltage regulator is fried, faulty or installed faulty.

SO if anyone knows how to get a replacement, or repair let us know.
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