kensington system saver for the iigs, an inquiry

[chelseayr]

short story, theres a still-boxed one in back of an closet and the story as far as anyone know is that the first one was faulty in first place so kensington simply shipped another one. surprisingly noone has tossed the first one for this long!

is the circuit inside that complicated or a modern tinker could likely get one working again nevertheless? and about the latter, is it worth trying sell a sold-for-repairs one from canada this month now?

thanks for any answers whether that results in one more trade ad from me later in week or not

(of course I'll eventually have to free the box from where it is at night or tomorrow...)

 

[cheesestraws]

I always thought it was just a fan in there?  In which case, putting a new fan in shouldn't be too hard... (though perhaps I'm missing something)

 

[waynestewart]

There's not much in one. 2 switches, a fan, 2 sets of outlets and some wires connecting those

 

[chelseayr]

waynestewart oh didn't realize that it was that simple inside. might be able to try repair it myself (with an old craftsman solder gun to the side..heh?) if I can see anything obvious when I figure how to open up the case tomorrow

thanks to both of you nevertheless

 

[chelseayr]

pulling the cardboard tray out of box I found that apparently the lid had been left loose all these times and no screws saved anywhere, but yeah it looks like some repairs had been attempted once because theres an "explosion" on the inside of the top lid yet it looks like nothing is missing from the small pcb itself

still 'unlimited' 120vac being just that I don't think I want to work on this myself for safety sake

am curious about the black wire being cleanly cut between second and third outlets or was this normal by design [when compared to others owned by other users in here]?

anyhow if anyone want share any further opinions here then feel free to

 

[NJRoadfan]

Looks like a fault in the surge protector circuit. The AUX and MASTER switches each control two of the outlets in the back, hence the split on the hot line. The MASTER switch also controls the fan.

 

[olePigeon]

Could probably fix it by just placing the innards of an old surge protector inside.