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Anonymous Posted on Jan 24, 2011

I have a dolphin cleaner that is not working. The power supply voltage drops from 37 VDC to about 4 VDC when the cleaner is plugged in. It previously had a severed power cable that was repaired. I saw a charred 2 watt resistor on the power supply circuit board that I replaced with a 0.1 resistor, but it still drops the voltage when the cleaner is plugged in. Thoughts? Cleaner or power supply? Schematic available? Thank you,

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The new PCB you purchased should take care of it. If you need assistance connecting the new part or the unit continues to give you trouble please contact us directly or add a comment here.

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    John Prohaska Oct 21, 2011

    PCB stands for 'printed circuit board'. It is the green board that the recepticle wires trace back to. It is feed by two or three wires coming over from the bridge rectifier inside the power supply.

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