This may be of use for somebody with a dead PC 8529 router sitting on the shelf.

My PC 8529 speed control failed after about 25 hours of use. I called PC and they were not very helpful. The part was no longer available; they would not fix it; company policy prevented them from sending me a schematic for the board. Basically, I could buy a new PC router or I could send it to them; they would convert it to a single speed router! The fact that it had very few hours on it didn't seem to phase him.

I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed control board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on the upper left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22 microfarad 25 volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the router. WORKS!

On 10/3/2012 11:10 AM, Len wrote:
This may be of use for somebody with a dead PC 8529 router sitting on the shelf.

My PC 8529 speed control failed after about 25 hours of use. I called PC and they were not very helpful. The part was no longer available; they would not fix it; company policy prevented them from sending me a schematic for the board. Basically, I could buy a new PC router or I could send it to them; they would convert it to a single speed router! The fact that it had very few hours on it didn't seem to phase him.

I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed control board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on the upper left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22 microfarad 25 volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the router. WORKS!



But do you get Cable TV now??? ;~)

In article , Len
wrote:

This may be of use for somebody with a dead PC 8529 router sitting on the
shelf.

My PC 8529 speed control failed after about 25 hours of use. I called PC and
they were not very helpful. The part was no longer available; they would not
fix it; company policy prevented them from sending me a schematic for the
board. Basically, I could buy a new PC router or I could send it to them;
they would convert it to a single speed router! The fact that it had very few
hours on it didn't seem to phase him.

I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed control
board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on the upper
left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22 microfarad 25
volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the router. WORKS!

Well done, sirrah!

More people need to do this type of thing. As the "makers" say... If
you can't open it, you don't own it.

I quite like this post...

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typep...CdwwtrwN_Q/cur
iosity-was-framed.html

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I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I
like fishing because it¹s the one thing I can think of that probably doesn¹t. *
John Gierach

"Len" wrote in message
...

This may be of use for somebody with a dead PC 8529 router sitting on the
shelf.

My PC 8529 speed control failed after about 25 hours of use. I called PC
and they were not very helpful. The part was no longer available; they
would not fix it; company policy prevented them from sending me a schematic
for the board. Basically, I could buy a new PC router or I could send it to
them; they would convert it to a single speed router! The fact that it had
very few hours on it didn't seem to phase him.

I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed control
board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on the upper
left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22 microfarad 25
volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the router. WORKS!
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I have that router. Never had a problem with it but if I do, it will turn
into a single speed. I never use the speed control.

On 10/3/12 12:41 PM, CW wrote:
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I have that router. Never had a problem with it but if I do, it will
turn into a single speed. I never use the speed control.


Thank you for that wonderfully helpful contribution to the thread.


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On 10/3/12 12:41 PM, CW wrote:
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I have that router. Never had a problem with it but if I do, it will
turn into a single speed. I never use the speed control.


Thank you for that wonderfully helpful contribution to the thread.
================================================== ==============
You'reMusclegion welcome.


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On 10/3/12 12:41 PM, CW wrote:
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I have that router. Never had a problem with it but if I do, it will
turn into a single speed. I never use the speed control.


Thank you for that wonderfully helpful contribution to the thread.
================================================== ==============
You'reMusclegion welcome.
================================================== =========

Strike that. You're welcome.


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"Len" wrote in message
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I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed control
board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on the upper
left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22 microfarad 25
volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the router. WORKS!

How did you determine that the capacitor was bad?

Tom

On Thursday, October 4, 2012 9:33:57 AM UTC-5, Tom Dacon wrote:
"Len" wrote in message

...



I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed control

board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on the upper

left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22 microfarad 25

volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the router. WORKS!



How did you determine that the capacitor was bad?



Tom

We took it off and put the new one in. You can use a VOM in the resistance setting (I think) too.

Len wrote:
On Thursday, October 4, 2012 9:33:57 AM UTC-5, Tom Dacon wrote:
"Len" wrote in message

...



I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed
control

board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on the
upper

left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22
microfarad 25

volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the router.
WORKS!



How did you determine that the capacitor was bad?



Tom

We took it off and put the new one in. You can use a VOM in the
resistance setting (I think) too.

The VOM test - you're looking for infinite resistance - will confirm a bad
capacitor but it won't guarantee a good one. In other words, you'll see a
goodly percentage of false positives.

I had a LCD TV go ****ed-up. I found a parts list for the model; it
contained eleven capacitors. Eight dollars later at the electronics supply
store, I had replacements for all. After a bit of soldering, I had a working
TV.

I do not know which was bad. I do not care.

"HeyBub" wrote in message

I had a LCD TV go ****ed-up. I found a parts list for the model; it
contained eleven capacitors. Eight dollars later at the electronics supply
store, I had replacements for all. After a bit of soldering, I had a
working TV.

I do not know which was bad. I do not care.
There ya go. The old standby techie solution, replace all the capacitors.
When in electronics school, we were introduced to that trick when working
with and studying audio amplifiers. We went out a acquired a several "dead"
audio amplifiers. We replaced all the capacitors, between the various
amplification stages. All but one worked. We tracked down the other
problem on the non working one as well. As our teacher told us, "when in
doubt, replace the capacitors". They get old. They dry out.

On 10/5/12 10:38 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Len wrote:
On Thursday, October 4, 2012 9:33:57 AM UTC-5, Tom Dacon wrote:
"Len" wrote in message

...



I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed
control

board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on the
upper

left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22
microfarad 25

volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the router.
WORKS!



How did you determine that the capacitor was bad?



Tom

We took it off and put the new one in. You can use a VOM in the
resistance setting (I think) too.

The VOM test - you're looking for infinite resistance - will confirm a bad
capacitor but it won't guarantee a good one. In other words, you'll see a
goodly percentage of false positives.

I had a LCD TV go ****ed-up. I found a parts list for the model; it
contained eleven capacitors. Eight dollars later at the electronics supply
store, I had replacements for all. After a bit of soldering, I had a working
TV.

I do not know which was bad. I do not care.


Good decision. Some times it's faster, easier, cheaper to replace them
all.
If one went bad, there's a good chance the lot is suspect and the rest
will follow.



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On 10/05/2012 08:56 AM, Lee Michaels wrote:


"HeyBub" wrote in message

I had a LCD TV go ****ed-up. I found a parts list for the model; it
contained eleven capacitors. Eight dollars later at the electronics
supply store, I had replacements for all. After a bit of soldering, I
had a working TV.

I do not know which was bad. I do not care.
There ya go. The old standby techie solution, replace all the
capacitors. When in electronics school, we were introduced to that trick
when working with and studying audio amplifiers. We went out a acquired
a several "dead" audio amplifiers. We replaced all the capacitors,
between the various amplification stages. All but one worked. We
tracked down the other problem on the non working one as well. As our
teacher told us, "when in doubt, replace the capacitors". They get
old. They dry out.



electrolytics that is...


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gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
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On 10/5/2012 10:38 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Len wrote:
On Thursday, October 4, 2012 9:33:57 AM UTC-5, Tom Dacon wrote:
"Len" wrote in message

...



I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed
control

board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on the
upper

left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22
microfarad 25

volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the router.
WORKS!



How did you determine that the capacitor was bad?



Tom

We took it off and put the new one in. You can use a VOM in the
resistance setting (I think) too.

The VOM test - you're looking for infinite resistance - will confirm a bad
capacitor but it won't guarantee a good one. In other words, you'll see a
goodly percentage of false positives.

I had a LCD TV go ****ed-up. I found a parts list for the model; it
contained eleven capacitors. Eight dollars later at the electronics supply
store, I had replacements for all. After a bit of soldering, I had a working
TV.

I do not know which was bad. I do not care.


Now here is how my luck would have gone. I would have replaced all and
one of the new ones would have been bad.

Yesterday I went to the hardware store to buy 12, #8-32 machine screws
for drawer pulls. I bought 13 thinking I would loose one.
As it turns out I did not loose one but upon inserting the twelfth screw
it would not thread. I thought the pull was stripped. Looking a bit
closer at the screw I noticed that it was a #6. I grabbed the
thirteenth screw and finished the job.

On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:01:49 -0500, -MIKE-
wrote:

On 10/5/12 10:38 AM, HeyBub wrote:
Len wrote:
On Thursday, October 4, 2012 9:33:57 AM UTC-5, Tom Dacon wrote:
"Len" wrote in message

...



I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed
control

board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on the
upper

left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22
microfarad 25

volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the router.
WORKS!



How did you determine that the capacitor was bad?



Tom

We took it off and put the new one in. You can use a VOM in the
resistance setting (I think) too.

The VOM test - you're looking for infinite resistance - will confirm a bad
capacitor but it won't guarantee a good one. In other words, you'll see a
goodly percentage of false positives.

I had a LCD TV go ****ed-up. I found a parts list for the model; it
contained eleven capacitors. Eight dollars later at the electronics supply
store, I had replacements for all. After a bit of soldering, I had a working
TV.

I do not know which was bad. I do not care.


Good decision. Some times it's faster, easier, cheaper to replace them
all.
If one went bad, there's a good chance the lot is suspect and the rest
will follow.

Makes me wonder what my nephews kids will think when they find a 60
MHz dual trace ocilascope in the attic above my shop. So far at 62 I
haven't been able to loose a tool unless it was a looser. Currently
I'm trying to give away a Rockler dovetail jig. Unused after I got an
Akeda I never went back.

Mike M

On 10/04/2012 07:33 AM, Tom Dacon wrote:


"Len" wrote in message
...

I found a helpful note from a few years ago that worked. The speed
control board has 2 surface mounted capacitors. In my case, the one on
the upper left corner of the board was bad. Found a replacement (22
microfarad 25 volt) in an old defunct TV board and installed it on the
router. WORKS!

How did you determine that the capacitor was bad?

Tom

This is an interesting site: http://www.badcaps.net/pages.php?vid=5

I sent in an old Dell MB was dying a slow death and finally wouldn't
even boot up and displayed the visual clues shown on this site. They
replaced every electrolytic cap on the MB and the computer has been
running without failure for the last several years.


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gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"
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