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Hi all
I was wondering if there are any diagnostic tests that can be performed on the boostdrive v1 by drlava. I bought one a while ago and after mounting it, I removed it by picking off the glue on the driver board. After a few tedious hours, I removed most of the thermal paste and glue, and I ended up chipping the inductor casing. In my knowledge of inductors, some contain ferrite cores, and I fear if it may have damaged the inductor's capability to function in boosting the proper voltage. Plus, while picking the glue and paste off, I may have clipped or disconnected some solder connections, so...
I ask the question, is there any way to run some diagnostic tests for functionality, without hooking up the driver to the diode? This is something I don't want to do, because the possibly damaged driver could over-run the diode at voltages higher or at unreasonable currents.
Also, right now I'm in an unreasonable position to post pictures, but I'll include them in the OP a few days later, when I can get access to my SD card.
Thanks in advance,
Iso
I was wondering if there are any diagnostic tests that can be performed on the boostdrive v1 by drlava. I bought one a while ago and after mounting it, I removed it by picking off the glue on the driver board. After a few tedious hours, I removed most of the thermal paste and glue, and I ended up chipping the inductor casing. In my knowledge of inductors, some contain ferrite cores, and I fear if it may have damaged the inductor's capability to function in boosting the proper voltage. Plus, while picking the glue and paste off, I may have clipped or disconnected some solder connections, so...
I ask the question, is there any way to run some diagnostic tests for functionality, without hooking up the driver to the diode? This is something I don't want to do, because the possibly damaged driver could over-run the diode at voltages higher or at unreasonable currents.
Also, right now I'm in an unreasonable position to post pictures, but I'll include them in the OP a few days later, when I can get access to my SD card.
Thanks in advance,
Iso