Eleco reel LEDs fixed
To everyone who has a beast sapp, sindbad adventure etc. and has noticed the reel LEDs turning yellow or going out I think I have a simple solution. My SA lost 2 sections (top and middle) of the middle reel (6 individual LEDs, 2 per section -top-middle-bottom) and I thought it was unlikely that both LEDs in both sections would go out at the same time. So, I decided to reflow the solder on the affected LEDs (6 pins per LED 2-red, 2-blue, 2-green). After reinstallation wa-la, perfectally working lights! So the problem isn't burnt out LEDs but poor solder joints probably due to heat and vibration causing a loss of connection. It may not be a bad idea to reflow the solder on the blue resistors as well. Good Luck!
http://marvin3m.com/begin/index.htm
p.s. the above site has good basic info on soldering and pcb repair.
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