December 28, 2015

Large Inverter Charger Troubleshoot and Repair
Complex Hacks

    Mr Carlson’s Lab had a defective Magnum Energy MS2012 Inverter Charger. When powered up the remote head unit indicates an Internal NTC fault. This fault indicates a temperature sensor fault issue. By looking through the diagnostic menu he could see that the system thought the FET temperature was at 151 degrees C when it was just powered on and should be reading room temperature. Carlson goes through the process of getting

DIY Motorized Camera Slider
DIY Hacks

  Some wood, aluminum angle channel and roller bearings is what makes up majority of the camera slide that was designed by Making Stuff. There is a lot of precision that is needed to allow the unit to slide smoothly. Even though much of the design is cut by hand using a table saw and screwed together with a handful of drywall screws it works really well. A stepper motor