General My CB dont work..

[toppa]

It stopped working once before then started working again, now it has stopped again and wont go, all the fuses and power are good, i did chage the original aerial for a shorter one, could this have caused something to blow inside the unit?

It is fairly new, about a year and a half old... its a team MC8...


Cheers all

 

[Marc Lurie]

It stopped working once before then started working again, now it has stopped again and wont go, all the fuses and power are good, i did chage the original aerial for a shorter one, could this have caused something to blow inside the unit?

It is fairly new, about a year and a half old... its a team MC8...


Cheers all

Is it not switching on at all? If so, there's probably a problem with the reverse polarity protection circuit, or a regulator circuit somewhere.

If it is switching on, and is receiving but not transmitting, then the antenna is probably to blame.

Regards,
Marc

 

[toppa]

Its not switching on at all, it stopped once before, then started working again, it has now stopped again and dosnt appear to want to work anymore


Would a good kick help it


Cheers

 

[Satancom]

Personally when sophisticated kit stops working as it should, and all avenue's have been explored.. I find a tap with a screwdriver handle sometimes rectifies things.. Then again sometimes it totally nackers it

If it was mine I would have started beating it by now! Thats why i never get asked to repair home users pc in work

 

[Marc Lurie]

That sounds most likely to be a poor connection or a dry solder joint on a board somewhere. A technician should be able to sort it quite quickly. You could open up the unit and have a poke around. You might be able to see the problem immediately.

CB sets are very simple device really, and unfortunately, they're not built very well in order to keep prices down.

It's often not worth fixing. The design mentality is "Just bin it and buy another one."

 

[toppa]

Yea i know the bin it theory, i will open it up and have a poke around....


Cheers

 

[110 John]

Its possible as stated that you have a break in the cable or just a bad joint or connection. Also If you have wired cross polarity then it will blow the protection diode soldered across the + - and that will kill all power untill its replaced if thats what it is. Also it could be a faulty on/off switch

 

[toppa]

Its possible as stated that you have a break in the cable or just a bad joint or connection. Also If you have wired cross polarity then it will blow the protection diode soldered across the + - and that will kill all power untill its replaced if thats what it is. Also it could be a faulty on/off switch

Wasnt wired crossed, i know that for a fact, will have a look at it tomorrow.

CHeers for the reply....

 

[landybitz.com]

Wasnt wired crossed, i know that for a fact, will have a look at it tomorrow.

CHeers for the reply....

we can take a look at it for you if you want but in many cases its not worth messing with, we personally dont stock team cb,s due to the poor reliability and operation.

please feel free to drop me a pm or take a look at our store
http://www.landybitz.com/The-CB-Centre,store,3,userid,shop

we can get any thing that you require if not in stock, please note not all iems are listed in our store please drop me PM for mor info

Regards

Martin

 

[toppa]

we can take a look at it for you if you want but in many cases its not worth messing with, we personally dont stock team cb,s due to the poor reliability and operation.

please feel free to drop me a pm or take a look at our store
http://www.landybitz.com/The-CB-Centre,store,3,userid,shop

we can get any thing that you require if not in stock, please note not all iems are listed in our store please drop me PM for mor info

Regards

Martin

I was having a look at your store the other day actually, keeping you in mind for when i get a new one, gonna trash this one, its two years old, so i suppose i have had me 100 worht out of it...

Cheers