12-04-2012, 07:28 AM
Hi Reinhard,
Your remark of static shock might just provide the answer actually. It has been in a plastic bag and I had it with me in hand luggage travelling by airplane. It was X rayed etc.
I have noticed that recently every time I travel, go through the airport security , and I try to pick up my laptop and put back in the bag , I get a small static discharge when I try to pick it up, this might have happened to the decoder too.
( I work away on weekdays and my current module is residing in the flat I rent , so I brought the decoder along to fit it to the loco I have there).
Do you have any suggestions on how to 'discharge this decoder'? Should take it out and 'short out' the connector with some aluminium/kitchen foil, or a good earthed point (a water pipe or gas line?) in the house?
It would be worth a try?
Koos
Your remark of static shock might just provide the answer actually. It has been in a plastic bag and I had it with me in hand luggage travelling by airplane. It was X rayed etc.
I have noticed that recently every time I travel, go through the airport security , and I try to pick up my laptop and put back in the bag , I get a small static discharge when I try to pick it up, this might have happened to the decoder too.
( I work away on weekdays and my current module is residing in the flat I rent , so I brought the decoder along to fit it to the loco I have there).
Do you have any suggestions on how to 'discharge this decoder'? Should take it out and 'short out' the connector with some aluminium/kitchen foil, or a good earthed point (a water pipe or gas line?) in the house?
It would be worth a try?
Koos
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