DNA help, hot hot HOT!

[SammyT]

So I have been previously successful at building a dna mod. On my second on I am having a wierd issue. I get everything wires up correctly and when I put in the battery the heat sink got so hot it melted hot glue! I disassembled to check that none of my solder connections have gotten messed and everything is fine. So I figure maybe I got a bad chip, so I tried another, with the same results. Had anyone had similar things happen/have any idea what may be wrong ?


-Sam

 

[tmassey]

Never worked with a dna but if it does it right when u put the battery in its possible that your using the box to make a short to the outside of your DNA.thats a possibility at least especially if ur working with a metal box but like I said never worked with a DNA so that was just a guess

 

[SammyT]

Thanks, it's a wood mod. There is no way i have a short between the pos/neg terminals. My solder joints are seperate and strong. It seems as though there is a short within the chip. I am stumped. At this point after all the troubleshooting I have done I am pointing the fault at the chips... Unless someone else has an idea what is of course.


-Sam

 

[d9mel]

just a shot in the dark, but it sounds like a issue with the board passing an excessive amount of current. I understand that the dna draws slight current at all times. The idea that this is happening with multiple board is kinda weird though.

have you remove all components and just left the battery soldered to rule out a component short?

good luck!

 

[MattBott]

Check your pot and switch with a multimeter and make sure they aren't faulty.

 

[retird]

how about posting a picture of the wired dna.....

 

[SammyT]

Thanks, I will check the switch and pot tomorrow, and upload a pic. I hate to desolder everything and start over but that may be what I have to do. I will probably just hook everything up outside of the mod if my components check out and see what happens...


-Sam

 

[Titanium]

Maybe the battery is causing it?!?

 

[SammyT]

Brandon at Evolv is sending replacements, now THAT is customer service! I tried to get it working again today to no avail. The battery works fine in all my other mods. I am not sure what caused the problem, but I am not wasting any more time trying to figure it out. I really don't think it was anything I did.

 

[SammyT]

just a shot in the dark, but it sounds like a issue with the board passing an excessive amount of current. I understand that the dna draws slight current at all times. The idea that this is happening with multiple board is kinda weird though.

have you remove all components and just left the battery soldered to rule out a component short?

good luck!

Ya know that sounds about right, overdrawing current. Because the battery stays nice and cool, and the DNA gets hotter than a ..... I've experienced a dead short with a battery and it does NOT stay cool.