TRACING INTERMITTENT FAULTS Of all equipment malfunctions, intermittent faults are the most difficult and frustrating to trace and diagnose. Provided that operating conditions are not ‘borderline’, i.e. weak tacho pulses, low supply- line voltage, PSU starting resistor gone high resistance etc., they usually have their origins in mechanical or ‘thermal’ effects. Bad jointing on PCBs […]
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