Megastim V2 Hot resistor?

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Tedzbug
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Megastim V2 Hot resistor?

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When i plug my megastim V2 into my MS v2.2 for testing, R9 gets really really hot... burned it on one board then switched to the other stim i have and found a different power supply.

Afraid to leave it plugged in for long, dont want to burn up another resistor... PS is 12v .5a max.....

Something i'm doing wrong or need to correct? Different PS?
T3Bunny
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Re: Megastim V2 Hot resistor?

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This was a really common issue. Every V2 I have, the resistors have cooked themselves brown. I have never actually had one fail before though... DId it just get brown, or actually fry? I have left mine running for a couple days at a time before without any issues.

Not sure the power supply has a lot to do with it, but I can see a bigger one making it run hotter I guess. There was a part change sometime during the middle of the production run of those to help with this.

Even on the new version Stimulator, I have seen it get hot.
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