HELP ME I BLEW UP MY MINI Z!!!

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    • May 28, 2003 at 4:42 pm #10794
      jamiekulhanek
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      HELP ME, i made a set of underbody neons for my mini z and while putting my car together i shorted the power against the aerial, which made smoke pour out of my car. I opened the car and found tha the little chip capacitor on the circuit board connected to the antenna wire had fizzled. The car still works fine, which rules out blown transistors, but the range has decreased from 100+ metres to about 3 metres .

      I looked for a code on the little capacitor thing,but it was fizzled and fried and im not sure if it had a code to begin with.
      If anybody knows the part or can test the capacitance please help me!!!!

    • May 28, 2003 at 5:32 pm #28734
      PandaBear
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      Might be a capacitor, might also be an RF inductor of sorts… (after that, that’s when I fell asleep in physics class, sorry :))

    • May 28, 2003 at 5:48 pm #28735
      jamiekulhanek
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      i am pretty sure it is a capacitor, cause an rf inductor wouldnt smoke like that i dont think.

      I really want to fix this as a replacement board will cost approx $100.

    • May 28, 2003 at 6:07 pm #28742
      Avatar photoAaron
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      Jamie – I’d pop mine apart and snap a phot but it’s packed while I move….

      Will try to do it over the weekend 😉

      --
      Site Owner Guy.

    • May 28, 2003 at 8:01 pm #28757
      GT-ahh
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      that part is unmarked….try replacing it with a cap or resistor…

    • May 28, 2003 at 8:11 pm #28760
      GT-ahh
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      jamie i found fix for you…
      http://mywebpages.comcast.net/draconious/Mini-Z/TT_Antenna.html

    • May 30, 2003 at 2:01 am #28675
      jamiekulhanek
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      Words cannot express my relief gt ahh, iread the article and that is exactly what happened to me, thanks a lot mate.

    • May 30, 2003 at 9:27 pm #28528
      GT-ahh
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      glad to help 😀

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