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Title: Varistream fix
Post by: Sunshine/Cleaning on April 29, 2009, 07:05:50 pm

I now have a new varistream, my previous one bust as I seem to have reversed the polarity on  my battery and it burnt out one of the componants. Has anyone fixed one that has gone like this?

Title: Re: Varistream fix
Post by: ftp on April 29, 2009, 07:45:35 pm

Tip : cut your battery wires to the correct length so you can't accidentally swap them over.

Title: Re: Varistream fix
Post by: Sunshine/Cleaning on April 29, 2009, 07:47:49 pm

Very good.


I had them colour coded and everything but still managed to be stupid! ;D

Title: Re: Varistream fix
Post by: john tomkins on April 29, 2009, 08:00:39 pm

I've got 2 leisure batteries and the terminals on one are the opposite to the other. Now I just use red and black spray paint around the bottom of the terminals so I'd have to be really stupid (it's a possibility) to get them wrong way around

Title: Re: Varistream fix
Post by: dai on April 29, 2009, 09:53:24 pm

I have a plug fitted between the battery and the pump box, and it only plugs in one way.
I never remove the leads that attach to the battery terminals.
What I need next is an identical plug to fit on the battery charger.

Title: Re: Varistream fix
Post by: edd on April 29, 2009, 11:52:19 pm

wth wire it properly and put a switch in with a fuse or just take off the red power lead and leave the black earth
one connected eeerrrhhhh!!    ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ??? ??? ??? ??? :o :o :o :o ;) ;)

Title: Re: Varistream fix
Post by: Sunshine/Cleaning on May 11, 2009, 04:34:33 pm

An update. I have not used the varistream since late last year and sent it to cleantech for a new circuit board.

They phoned up on friday and said they could find nothing wrong with it!

Got it Saturday and lo and behold, there is nothing wrong with it!!

It definatly didn't work when I took it off my van. Anyone see the film "No batteries required" They prob fixed it for me.

Title: Re: Varistream fix
Post by: jeff1 on May 11, 2009, 05:36:12 pm

Quote from: Sunshine/Cleaning on May 11, 2009, 04:34:33 pm

An update. I have not used the varistream since late last year and sent it to cleantech for a new circuit board.

They phoned up on friday and said they could find nothing wrong with it!

Got it Saturday and lo and behold, there is nothing wrong with it!!

It definatly didn't work when I took it off my van. Anyone see the film "No batteries required" They prob fixed it for me.

I think the new ones have reveres polarity protection in the form of a silicon diode, if you connect the wrong way with your leads the diode kicks in and its like it overheated and you have to wait for it to cool down before it will work again.

Title: Re: Varistream fix
Post by: Sunshine/Cleaning on May 11, 2009, 05:43:10 pm

Thats interesting as one of the things on the board seems to have overheated, I presumed it was dead!

Title: Re: Varistream fix
Post by: jeff1 on May 11, 2009, 05:46:10 pm

No its a reverse polarity protection silicon diode and it would have been hot to touch  but once it cools down it works as normal again.