Just finished putting my ice. Lock together. It works great except that the Am/pm and alarm indicators won't light up. All e other digits and dots work as expected. I rechecked all my solder joints and still no go. Any suggestions
Mike
Ice tube. Am/pm and alarm indicator not working
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Re: Ice tube. Am/pm and alarm indicator not working
If you post photos of the back of the tube board and the main board we can take a look.
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Re: Ice tube. Am/pm and alarm indicator not working
here you go, thanks
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Re: Ice tube. Am/pm and alarm indicator not working
I don't see any problems in the soldering. One thing to try is to locate the pin for VFD1 and (carefully!) short it to one of the adjacent digit pins (e.g. VFD2) and see if it lights up then.
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Re: Ice tube. Am/pm and alarm indicator not working
Tried what you suggested still did not light up, does that mean the tube is bad?
Mike
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Re: Ice tube. Am/pm and alarm indicator not working
With a closer look at the soldering on the VFD controller chip, it appears that the VFD controller chip pin for VFD1 may not have flowed well onto the solder pad. A few nearby pins look suspicious as well. Re-touch those joints and see if things improve.
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Re: Ice tube. Am/pm and alarm indicator not working
Touched up the solder points and still no go. All the digits work but the am/pm and alarm indicators won't light up.
Mike
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Re: Ice tube. Am/pm and alarm indicator not working
OK then, contact [email protected] with a link to this thread and request a new tube.
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