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Well not bang as such, but it did let off some smoke. Its a cheap car
stereo that plays mp3 cds too.
A MosFET seems to have taken a hit, and a diode. Its pretty hard to
accidently wire such a thing up wrong, i mean you have 2 wires that need
12v from diff places and an earth.
Anyways i dont have handy any replacement mosfets, and it seems even
getting some of the same type could be tricky.
Original.
1. RFD15P05 15A, 50V, 0.150 Ohm, P-Channel Power MOSFETs
(it has d15p05 written on it, this seems to match closely. Im guessing
its power switching for the 12v batt line..)
and the closest i have is a:
J177 P-channel JFET switch. in 3-pin TO-92 package. Operational
temperature range from -55°C to 135°C.
From the basic research i done myself im guessing its not gonna work to
well. Well it doesnt coz ive already tried, but i dont even know if i
got the pin outs hooked up right since i can find no real info on the
first mosfet.
And jfets have a higher open resistance, and the trigger voltage is all
diff? bah.
So i guess, any easy way to jerry rig the thing to work? ie remove the
mosfet and short it out, use some power npn or something?
Lets assume i cant get a replacement for the bit that went bang.
Cheers
Richard
stereo that plays mp3 cds too.
A MosFET seems to have taken a hit, and a diode. Its pretty hard to
accidently wire such a thing up wrong, i mean you have 2 wires that need
12v from diff places and an earth.
Anyways i dont have handy any replacement mosfets, and it seems even
getting some of the same type could be tricky.
Original.
1. RFD15P05 15A, 50V, 0.150 Ohm, P-Channel Power MOSFETs
(it has d15p05 written on it, this seems to match closely. Im guessing
its power switching for the 12v batt line..)
and the closest i have is a:
J177 P-channel JFET switch. in 3-pin TO-92 package. Operational
temperature range from -55°C to 135°C.
From the basic research i done myself im guessing its not gonna work to
well. Well it doesnt coz ive already tried, but i dont even know if i
got the pin outs hooked up right since i can find no real info on the
first mosfet.
And jfets have a higher open resistance, and the trigger voltage is all
diff? bah.
So i guess, any easy way to jerry rig the thing to work? ie remove the
mosfet and short it out, use some power npn or something?
Lets assume i cant get a replacement for the bit that went bang.
Cheers
Richard