Someone confirm please that I only need to replace the electrolytics (C105 and C102 are swollen) and the fuse. This is out of my ~20 y.o. Lucent PBX that I need back up, immediately! Ask questions, I give answers.

 

 

I would measure the voltages on the capacitors to see why they have gone , it could be the regulator has gone too.

 

I would measure the voltages on the capacitors to see why they have gone , it could be the regulator has gone too.

I'll do that when I get the new caps tomorrow.

 

Ha. Just fire and smoke came out. DOA.

 

Ouch!

 

Ha. Just fire and smoke came out. DOA.

I was gonna say... this transistor (or whatever it is) looks charred to me:



I doubt it was a simple cap and fuse replacement kind of thing...

 

I doubt it was a simple cap and fuse replacement kind of thing...

Agreed. But the whole board was discolored from 20 years of operation. And that wasn't the part that confligrated...

In any case, I had no time for major troubleshooting. It was more a plug and pray approach.

And I didn't go to church this weekend.

 

And I didn't go to church this weekend.

that explains everything you've been experiencing ... it's no surprise that you've been warned by a sign of flames!

 

that explains everything you've been experiencing ...

Oh. I thought it was 2020.

 

... it's no surprise that you've been warned by a sign of flames!

Isn't it supposed to talk to me? Or, that only happens with bushes?

 

Update: I've decided to build a new phone system based upon FreePBX, a IP PBX Linux distribution based upon Asterisk, using an old box I had lying around.

When it is done, I'll be able to make/take calls on my main lines anywhere on earth over my VPN.

Damn, I love Linux!

 

Supposed owner of a multi million dollar company won't spend money on his own company? Bet old Ellis Wyatt didn't get where he was like that.