needairtime
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Well, a year ago my CH-8 charger stand "blew up" (wall wart is fine) and stopped charging. I've been charging the battery with a universal pogo pin charger but this has been getting nothing less than annoying.
The conundrum is whether to buy another charging stand or buy a whole bunch of repair parts?
So I wonder, how many people have had their charging stand die on them? Should I expect to have to buy more charging stands in the future and wait the month to get it from China, or should I just get a pile of repair parts for it (the charger SOIC8 chip that's woefully undersized) and replace it as needed? Judging by how long it took for it to die from when I go it, I expect to have to replace it again, but perhaps it was just me being dumb and leaving the radio on while charging or just a QC issue?
(I already desoldered the defective SMT chip and cleaned the pads, waiting for a new charger chip!)
The conundrum is whether to buy another charging stand or buy a whole bunch of repair parts?
So I wonder, how many people have had their charging stand die on them? Should I expect to have to buy more charging stands in the future and wait the month to get it from China, or should I just get a pile of repair parts for it (the charger SOIC8 chip that's woefully undersized) and replace it as needed? Judging by how long it took for it to die from when I go it, I expect to have to replace it again, but perhaps it was just me being dumb and leaving the radio on while charging or just a QC issue?
(I already desoldered the defective SMT chip and cleaned the pads, waiting for a new charger chip!)