I need help i have a cobra 148F GTL used to work until one day i plugged it in to a power surge protector strip
That plugs into the house and i pop the fuse so a day later i tryed plugging in my cobra 148F GTL when i turn it on nothing comes on and it blows the fuse in the power cord the cord is in good condition cause i plugged in my other cb with same cord and it works i just cant get my cobra 148F GTL to work does anyone know what is the main source that cause it to act like that what parts need to be replaced in it.
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D23 a 1n4004 diode second component from pa speaker port inside radio has failed. It is most likely that neg/pos polarity has been switched shorting this diode. It is there to protect your radio from reverse polarity as so it is names the "protection diode." 2 solutions first not recommended.
1. Cut the diode this will stop the directed grounding that is continuing to blow your fuse.
2. Go get a pack of 1n4004 and rosin core silver solder from radio shack and replace it paying attention to the direction it is installed.
just a side note the solder trace often burns in this area so a jumper wire soldered in around this bad area solder side maybe needed.
SOURCE: Blowing fuses with wiring CB to battery
Is the wire going to the battery touching chasis ground at all? Accidentally pinched it, cut wire etc? If not the the power supply may be fried.
SOURCE: when i plug my 29 plug in, into the cb it
Yes I know the problem!! At one point the radio was pluged in backwards the positive prong touched the negative and vise versa and caused the Reverse Polairty Diode to pop inside the radio!! The only wat to fix this is ti have the radio taken to a Radio Tech and have the old bad part removed and a new good part put in!! The price of this fix varies from Tech. to Tech. depending on the C.B. shop!! e are a full line C.B. shop and we also do repairs. A repair like this some times will go around an average of 35.00. We would charge around 15.00 to fix it plus S+H if any one came to us for this problem!! oplease feel free to E-mail us with any other questions that you may have at" [email protected] We hope this helps
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