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Heathkit ID-4001 Weather Station
Last night before I went to bed, the weather station was functioning
normally. When I got up, the display was dead, except for a few digits that were dim. I unplugged it for about 30 mins. Upon powering back up, everything seemed to run normally, except for the barometer display. Only 3 digits light up, and those are dimmer than the rest. Otherwise, it's keeping good time. Wind speed and direction is ok as well as the in/out temperature. Before I really get digging into such an old unit, has anyone run into this before? I'm thinking the micro-processor is ok since everything seems normal except the barometer. |
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"Elephant" wrote in message ... Last night before I went to bed, the weather station was functioning normally. When I got up, the display was dead, except for a few digits that were dim. I unplugged it for about 30 mins. Upon powering back up, everything seemed to run normally, except for the barometer display. Only 3 digits light up, and those are dimmer than the rest. Otherwise, it's keeping good time. Wind speed and direction is ok as well as the in/out temperature. Before I really get digging into such an old unit, has anyone run into this before? I'm thinking the micro-processor is ok since everything seems normal except the barometer. On some of the Heath lists there are discussions. Someone actually makes some new parts for these. -- N |
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Isn't this unit backlit with a flourescent tube (standard 4W or 8W)? I
had one that the lamp would fail fairly often, and you want to replace it right away, or it will overheat the ballast supply circuit, and ruin parts there... "Elephant" wrote in message ... Last night before I went to bed, the weather station was functioning normally. When I got up, the display was dead, except for a few digits that were dim. I unplugged it for about 30 mins. Upon powering back up, everything seemed to run normally, except for the barometer display. Only 3 digits light up, and those are dimmer than the rest. Otherwise, it's keeping good time. Wind speed and direction is ok as well as the in/out temperature. Before I really get digging into such an old unit, has anyone run into this before? I'm thinking the micro-processor is ok since everything seems normal except the barometer. |
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"Phil Bowser" wrote in message ... Isn't this unit backlit with a flourescent tube (standard 4W or 8W)? I had one that the lamp would fail fairly often, and you want to replace it right away, or it will overheat the ballast supply circuit, and ruin parts there... Sounds like he has the lower end unit with the LED displays. |
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-- jan piste kronlund at tuubi1 piste net Please notice my new address! Osoitteeni on muuttunut, oikea on yllä. "James Sweet" wrote in message news:clVPd.18596$uc.15326@trnddc05... "Phil Bowser" wrote in message ... Isn't this unit backlit with a flourescent tube (standard 4W or 8W)? I had one that the lamp would fail fairly often, and you want to replace it right away, or it will overheat the ballast supply circuit, and ruin parts there... Sounds like he has the lower end unit with the LED displays. The 4001 is with LED's and the 5001 is with a backlit LCD display. Ask this guy, he has worked a lot with Heathkit : http://www.d8apro.com/ Jan Finland |
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JMK wrote:
The 4001 is with LED's and the 5001 is with a backlit LCD display. Ask this guy, he has worked a lot with Heathkit : http://www.d8apro.com/ Jan Finland Thank you for the link. This is just what I'm looking for |
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-- jan piste kronlund at tuubi1 piste net Please notice my new address! Osoitteeni on muuttunut, oikea on yllä. "Elephant" wrote in message ... JMK wrote: The 4001 is with LED's and the 5001 is with a backlit LCD display. Ask this guy, he has worked a lot with Heathkit : http://www.d8apro.com/ Jan Finland Thank you for the link. This is just what I'm looking for Your welcome, hope you get it fixed! I got one too, nice unit ;-) Jan Finland |
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