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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 10:39 PM
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Did you happen to let each end of the resistor touch each other ?
 
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 09:16 PM
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I made sure not to touch anything together as far as that goes,i didn't bridge anything either,i may have got it a little to hot is all i can come up with or maybe there was a under lying problem that i agitated or something,i had a lot of trouble getting the 2064 off but i didn't keep heat to it long,i got it warm and worked at it and blew it to cool it off again when i felt it was to hot,i re soldered it 3 time with new resistors each time thinking maybe the resistor was bad but that didn't help it,its just cranking no smoke at all either,im all out of ideas hahaha
 
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 09:21 PM
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Thanks old bird,yeah i messed up by not having a spare,i though i would be ok,im good with a soldering iron,i work on my cbs sometimes when then need repairs so i just followed the steps and did the same as working on a cb,keeping the heat down and stuff to keep from damaging it,i do kind of suspect i got it to hot,i had some trouble getting that 2064 or what ever it was off,thats the only thing i think i may of messed up,i am not sure though haha
 
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 09:24 PM
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When i unplugged and plugged the IDM i had the batts un hooked to so there is no sparking,my friend fried 2 of them doing it with the batts still hooked up.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 01:35 AM
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Mike, it is possible you used to much heat and damaged components or a traces or pads nearby. How many watts was the soldering iron you were using? The circuit boards they used in our IDM's were really pretty tough. Quite a few that have had little or no soldering experience have been successful though, or maybe we just don't hear about the failures IDK.
Where did you get the resistors and what kind/size? I am assuming you have the correct value for your IDM.
Just a possibility could you have possibly bent or damaged a connector pin when you put the IDM back in?
If one of your friends has a working IDM, see if you can do a swap just to verify the problem is the IDM, sometimes **** happens.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 07:43 AM
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The soldering iron i use is a 25 watt one,As far as the resistors goes i got the 75ohm 1-2 watt 1% tolerance,i got those from china hahaha they were hard to find to,i ended up getting 40 of them in case i need them for any thing else i may need them for,i will try a different idm from a friend and see what happens,thanks for the help,im glad there is good people on here willing to help out,i love this forum.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 10:17 AM
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The resistors are a bit hard to find, but available at the following link Digi-Key - PPC75.0KXCT-ND (Vishay/BC Components - SFR16S0007502FR500)

Last three numbers of IDM serial number is current volts

Here they are:
IDM-100 uses a 75.0k Ohm (75,000 ohm) 1/2 watt 1% tolerance Metal Film resistor
IDM-110 uses a 75.0k Ohm (75,000) 1/2 watt 1% tolerance Metal Film resistor
IDM-120 uses a 73.2k Ohm (73,200) 1/2 watt 1% tolerance Metal Film resistor[/QUOTE]

Mike, did you use the above guide to find the correct resistor to upgrade your IDM to a 140?
 
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Hannahs
The soldering iron i use is a 25 watt one,As far as the resistors goes i got the 75ohm 1-2 watt 1% tolerance,i got those from china hahaha they were hard to find to,i ended up getting 40 of them in case i need them for any thing else i may need them for,i will try a different idm from a friend and see what happens,thanks for the help,im glad there is good people on here willing to help out,i love this forum.
Originally Posted by richdawg
The resistors are a bit hard to find, but available at the following link Digi-Key - PPC75.0KXCT-ND (Vishay/BC Components - SFR16S0007502FR500)

Last three numbers of IDM serial number is current volts

Here they are:
IDM-100 uses a 75.0k Ohm (75,000 ohm) 1/2 watt 1% tolerance Metal Film resistor
IDM-110 uses a 75.0k Ohm (75,000) 1/2 watt 1% tolerance Metal Film resistor
IDM-120 uses a 73.2k Ohm (73,200) 1/2 watt 1% tolerance Metal Film resistor
Mike, did you use the above guide to find the correct resistor to upgrade your IDM to a 140?[/QUOTE]

Yes, check that number very well.


 
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Hannahs
The soldering iron i use is a 25 watt one,As far as the resistors goes i got the 75ohm 1-2 watt 1% tolerance.
Hope you meant 75K (75,000 ohms), not 75 ohms?
 
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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I think i got the wrong one,i did get the 75 but it was ohms not 75k i did go by the chart and my idm is the idm 100,i though i was in the clear, i didn't know there was a different type i saw the 75 ohm and though i was ok,it is the 1-2 watt 1% tolerance,i learned something here for sure hahah,now the question is if i order the correct one do you think my idm is any good still or fried due to the wrong resistor?i would sure love to get it running again im missing driving it to work hahah,thanks for all the help guys.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 08:45 AM
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This is just a guess but I suspect replacing with the correct resistor will fix the problem and no harm has been done to the IDM, it's just a timing circuit. In any case I would certainly try as the resistor is only a few bucks.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 07:08 PM
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Thanks Hussler,Im most defiantly going to try the correct resistor for sure,a few bucks sure beats 500 hahah,i hope it fixes it and runs good,i got to order a correct one and go for it,now the fun part,taking apart the idm after i put silicone on it to seal it up again haha
 
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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Don't spend $500 for one, they can be had for less. The silicone shouldn't be a problem.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Hannahs
Thanks Hussler,Im most defiantly going to try the correct resistor for sure,a few bucks sure beats 500 hahah,i hope it fixes it and runs good,i got to order a correct one and go for it,now the fun part,taking apart the idm after i put silicone on it to seal it up again haha
Next time dont seal it, untill you have tested it OK? I read that in some write up but dont remember where, but seems logical.

BTW, you are my friend now. OK?
 
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Old Sep 12, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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He asked me first Jose, get in line buddy (friend, LOL).
 
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