Now this really stinks! I blew a component up!
I was installing a 3 way video switch and before I made the final connection to the factory camera + power output, I was checking the molex connector one last time with my meter and somehow with shaky hands I shorted out the power briefly but enough to kill the power completely on that feed. I am so unhappy as I was so close to finishing it all up and putting it back together and now I have really messed something up.
The Phantom powers up and seems to work fine in other regards. I don't know if the video out from the gimbal is damaged as I lost my power feed so I will have to source power from somewhere else. Any ideas as to best place?
I have attached 2 pics, one of the general location of the blown component and a 2nd one that is a close up. Looks pretty clear to me that it is blown. It also looks clear to me that this component would be next to impossible to repair out in the field. Sniff sniff.
Can anyone identify the component? It almost looks like a micro fuse of sorts.
If it's just the power feed that is damaged, I might be ok if I find a suitable place to steal power from. If it's the video from the GoPro through the gimbal connector, now I am in trouble.....
I was installing a 3 way video switch and before I made the final connection to the factory camera + power output, I was checking the molex connector one last time with my meter and somehow with shaky hands I shorted out the power briefly but enough to kill the power completely on that feed. I am so unhappy as I was so close to finishing it all up and putting it back together and now I have really messed something up.
The Phantom powers up and seems to work fine in other regards. I don't know if the video out from the gimbal is damaged as I lost my power feed so I will have to source power from somewhere else. Any ideas as to best place?
I have attached 2 pics, one of the general location of the blown component and a 2nd one that is a close up. Looks pretty clear to me that it is blown. It also looks clear to me that this component would be next to impossible to repair out in the field. Sniff sniff.
Can anyone identify the component? It almost looks like a micro fuse of sorts.
If it's just the power feed that is damaged, I might be ok if I find a suitable place to steal power from. If it's the video from the GoPro through the gimbal connector, now I am in trouble.....