ArrowNaughtic
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- Jul 18, 2010
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I inherited two penn downriggers from my brother who recently passed away. Fathom Master model 805 pre 2006 models.Warranty paperwork I have is dated August 2005. They were stored in his garage up in the rafters so am assuming he had the same issues I am having.
So when I power up both units I get the 3 beeps that tells me the unit is powered up, but when I try to move the spool up I get no power and no beeps. When i move the spool down it goes down 2 feet and then beeps 6 short beeps twice. I opened one unit and cleaned all of the contacts and continuity tested both switches( it has a up/down momentary switch and a push button depth waypoint set switch). The depth waypoint switch appears to be non functional. Before I get all giggity goo goo on this I am wondering if anyone has any experience with these old PC Driver boards and if I am just wasting time and money on a switch.
Not sure this is even the place to be posting this question but I can't seem to find any info on the net anywhere and know that replacing the PC Driver board is a lost cause. There just aren't any I can find, even on ebay.
So when I power up both units I get the 3 beeps that tells me the unit is powered up, but when I try to move the spool up I get no power and no beeps. When i move the spool down it goes down 2 feet and then beeps 6 short beeps twice. I opened one unit and cleaned all of the contacts and continuity tested both switches( it has a up/down momentary switch and a push button depth waypoint set switch). The depth waypoint switch appears to be non functional. Before I get all giggity goo goo on this I am wondering if anyone has any experience with these old PC Driver boards and if I am just wasting time and money on a switch.
Not sure this is even the place to be posting this question but I can't seem to find any info on the net anywhere and know that replacing the PC Driver board is a lost cause. There just aren't any I can find, even on ebay.