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Originally Posted by Rick76
Although electrolytic capacitors are prone to drying out over time, the usual cause of intermittent cruise function is cracked solder connections at other capacitors. These are the red and green rectangular ones in the photo. Cracks are only visible under a magnifying glass once the conformal coating has been removed. Some people have resoldered the whole board but have not added fresh solder only to have the problem reappear at a later time or have not removed the conformal coating and end up with contaminated joints.
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Right. I used a toothbrush and Acetone to remove the laquer.
However, my symptoms kind of match what I read on some other links: When you resolder only, chances are that the problem is also caused by old capacitors. The heat of the resoldering temporarily gives them a boost that then goes away. In my case the CC worked very well for a couple of weeks after I resoldered, and then started acting up again. Since it is a PIA to remove this thing, I am not putting it back in until I have put in new capacitors.
11-14-2011, 10:52 AM
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