Lowe HF150 Problem
 

Hey all,

I have a HF-150 and after the recent power outages my radio will not turn
on, nothing, nada, zip, zilch. It was plugged into a surge protected strip
and was never turned on - either when the power went off or when the power
came back on.

My question is - is there a fuse or breaker inside? Nothing I can find on
the outside. Just hoping it's something easy before I have to pack it up
and send it off somewhere.

Many thanks,
Please reply to e-mail too if you can.

Vic Rollins
Richmond, VA

Have you tried using battery power, and no luck either ? Are you sure the
circuit breaker for that circuit is closed ? If there is a reset button, you
might press that and see if that clears up the problem.

BikeStuff wrote:

Hey all,

I have a HF-150 and after the recent power outages my radio will not turn
on, nothing, nada, zip, zilch. It was plugged into a surge protected strip
and was never turned on - either when the power went off or when the power
came back on.

My question is - is there a fuse or breaker inside? Nothing I can find on
the outside. Just hoping it's something easy before I have to pack it up
and send it off somewhere.

Many thanks,
Please reply to e-mail too if you can.

Vic Rollins
Richmond, VA



I would suspect, and hope, that the problem is in the power supply - I
assume you are using the Lowe wall-wart supply.
Try it on batteries to confirm this.

If it is the supply I'm afraid I have no information on it, but a
suitable replacement should be relatively easy to obtain - mine normally
runs off a 13.8 volt power supply which runs a lot of other equipment
and is quite happy.

If the power supply is good then things get more complex. From the
circuit diagram in the manual there is a polarity protection diode ahead
of the power switch. After the switch it splits three ways, two of which
go to 5 and 8 volt regulators; so there are a number of potential
failure points.

Afraid that is about all the help I can offer.

Dave Holford

Hey guys, many thanks for the advice. I tried the batteries (duh, why
didn't I think of that?) and it works, now I just have to find a wall wart
to replace the bad one. Thanks again!!!

Vic


"BikeStuff" wrote in message
...
Hey all,

I have a HF-150 and after the recent power outages my radio will not turn
on, nothing, nada, zip, zilch. It was plugged into a surge protected
strip
and was never turned on - either when the power went off or when the power
came back on.

My question is - is there a fuse or breaker inside? Nothing I can find on
the outside. Just hoping it's something easy before I have to pack it up
and send it off somewhere.

Many thanks,
Please reply to e-mail too if you can.

Vic Rollins
Richmond, VA

Notice that plug-in protector did exactly what it claims to
do. Install a 'whole house' protector. It actually provides
protection from that type of destructive surge - and at many
times less cost per protected appliance.

BikeStuff wrote:
Hey guys, many thanks for the advice. I tried the batteries (duh,
why didn't I think of that?) and it works, now I just have to find
a wall wart to replace the bad one. Thanks again!!!