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toy4two

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  1. I think Amazon external is the way to go to repair the Control4 C4-16ZAMSV3 Power Supply. Other than the UK seller in this thread, no one includes any type of insulator between the replacement board and the case. There are 3 US sellers I would steer away from on eBay if you do this fix: z2008a audiodenny theroyalalchemis.t I recently bought one of these boards (heavy duty version). Installed ok, powered up ok. Everything seemed great, but the problem is there is no support except a single screw and a rubber FOOT. The foot is not balanced in relation to which screw the instructions say to use. Thus when you are wiggling the unit back into the rack it flexs a bit. This flex grounds out the bottom of the board to the raised screw holes and sparks go everywhere. It tripped my home circuit breaker. The eBay board lasted a whole 1 time. Do not buy the design from the above sellers. The UK seller in this thread has addressed the issue by including a plastic base to mount to. I tried buying another board (3 times from each above sellers) and insulate it myself. Instead the guy cancels my paid orders banned me at each of the above sellers. I didn't even want a refund just another board. Now I have a cut up unit and no idea where to go. I wouldn't even of found this thread had he sold me another one of his boards, but sure am glad he didn't. Now I can warn you of what designs to buy and what to stay away from. I am going to start selling this improved fix on eBay but with all the leads prepped. I went the "external" power supply route as you posted above its a better solution since the power supply is encased in plastic so it will never ground out on the case. Mounted it securely inside as above and no more issues.
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