I have read that some earlier units, and that some later units also,
had problems of some kind.

What serial numbers should I be looking for?

Thanks,
JIm

JimK wrote:
I have read that some earlier units, and that some later units also,
had problems of some kind.

What serial numbers should I be looking for?

Thanks,
JIm

Jim.

I got a note to myself here,- #3067 to #5642 were the trouble units.
now, this was from 2 or 3 years ago, so it may have added more. you
might want to check the E1XM yahoo group. mine was an early unit,
s/n 2315. have had no trouble with my unit, and i prob don't have
more than 10 hours on it. also, watch the wall-wort, some were crap.
you really should go to the yahoo group, some people went thru 3 and
4 units before getting a good one. Drake did the service on these, and
some people sent them back a few times. if i had to do it over, i would
have passed on this one. crap, one more thing, don't charge the
batteries in the radio, they had a few melt downs.

good luck.
Drifter...

Universal Radio has them for 400 bucks and has a excellent rep for
customer service. I'm sure they will test the E1 before shipping it to
you. Just call them on the phone about your concerns. Good luck.

"Bob Dobbs" wrote in message
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Drifter wrote:
also, watch the wall-wort, some were crap.

Here's a pic of a defective eTón wall wart:
http://i37.tinypic.com/2dv4tbm.jpg
Looks like some kind of internal thermal issue.
Notice the third pin ground, unusual in wall warts, and if you get a
good one it should be quieter than the simple two blade types.

Most of the wall warts I've worked on that had the ground pin on them,
didn't have that pin connected to anything inside. Basically, it was there
to help hold the wart in the outlet.

Brenda Ann wrote:
"Bob Dobbs" wrote in message
news:4ac6888d.3835609@chupacabra...
Drifter wrote:
also, watch the wall-wort, some were crap.
Here's a pic of a defective eTón wall wart:
http://i37.tinypic.com/2dv4tbm.jpg
Looks like some kind of internal thermal issue.
Notice the third pin ground, unusual in wall warts, and if you get a
good one it should be quieter than the simple two blade types.

Most of the wall warts I've worked on that had the ground pin on them,
didn't have that pin connected to anything inside. Basically, it was there
to help hold the wart in the outlet.


They should wire houses with 12 VDC.