I need help. Im repairing a sailboat for a big adventure and the battery charger does not work. It is a West Marine 20 amp two-battery charger. It is 110V going in and is wired into the shore power source (the dock plug) through the breaker panel. I am unable to find a model number or the actual manufacturer (West Marine is the Home Depot of boat stuff).
Being the handy type, I opened up the charger and found a capacitor popped, or blew up, or shattered, whatever. If its a capacitor. My buddy the musician computer egghead says its a capacitor. All fuses were fine.
It was an orange, bed pillow shaped, about 8-10 mm long, with 2 parallel wires going into the board. The markings on the capacitor: "6.8K400." I found nothing that matches, went to motorola and got no help, went to Radio Shack and found I know more than they do, went to a fire systems company and they just didnt want to talk to me, and then to another Radio Shack just to confirm Im stupid.
I have tried many searches but I dont know what Im looking for, and nothing came back with the same numbers.
If a picture is needed I might be able to coax my camera to go macro on the board. But if someone knows off hand the part I might need, or how to find it, that would be very cool.
Jerry
Being the handy type, I opened up the charger and found a capacitor popped, or blew up, or shattered, whatever. If its a capacitor. My buddy the musician computer egghead says its a capacitor. All fuses were fine.
It was an orange, bed pillow shaped, about 8-10 mm long, with 2 parallel wires going into the board. The markings on the capacitor: "6.8K400." I found nothing that matches, went to motorola and got no help, went to Radio Shack and found I know more than they do, went to a fire systems company and they just didnt want to talk to me, and then to another Radio Shack just to confirm Im stupid.
I have tried many searches but I dont know what Im looking for, and nothing came back with the same numbers.
If a picture is needed I might be able to coax my camera to go macro on the board. But if someone knows off hand the part I might need, or how to find it, that would be very cool.
Jerry
