JJsqueeze
Dad, Husband....legend
one other thing- these boards are VERY robust and there is little on them that is prone to failure except relays or maybe those ICs due to water damage or something. Verify that fuse buddy...
Jugs Jr speed controller
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Hmmm, I may have spoken too soon based on your later post Titan. Does your Jugs Jr. have the dial that shows percentages? If so, I do have that model. Let me know and I'll see if I can get you a photo.
There's much more to the story than it just stopped working. I plugged it in, ran it up to about 20 mph, then 40 mph, then up to about 70 mph. We fooled around with some softies and then I dialed it back down to 20.
Here is where the problem reared it's head. It didn't slow down! It kept running at full speed. I turned it off at the switch and let it coast down to a stop. I turned it back on and there was zero response. The first thing I checked was the fuse. There are no burns on the board and the solder joints look fine. There are 2 areas on the board where there is a soldered spot (slight peak where the solder was pooled/built up). The interesting thing about these 2 areas is that in each one, there are perfect holes where there may have been a component - like a jumper or resistor. When I took it apart, nothing fell out and I was working on a clean surface so I should have noticed if it got warm, melted the solder and fell out. I can get an aftermarket controller for about 60 dollars that I'm sure would work, but I'd really like to fix it for the price of a cheap resistor!
Here is where the problem reared it's head. It didn't slow down! It kept running at full speed. I turned it off at the switch and let it coast down to a stop. I turned it back on and there was zero response. The first thing I checked was the fuse. There are no burns on the board and the solder joints look fine. There are 2 areas on the board where there is a soldered spot (slight peak where the solder was pooled/built up). The interesting thing about these 2 areas is that in each one, there are perfect holes where there may have been a component - like a jumper or resistor. When I took it apart, nothing fell out and I was working on a clean surface so I should have noticed if it got warm, melted the solder and fell out. I can get an aftermarket controller for about 60 dollars that I'm sure would work, but I'd really like to fix it for the price of a cheap resistor!
WARRIORMIKE
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Contact Jugs . They can usually walk you through it over the phone. If not we we repair pitching machines on a daily basis. I can have you talk to my tech and you should be fine.
That looks to be the same as the one I have. I'll see what I can do to get you a photo of the circuit board. Just have to remember!
By the way, in case you weren't aware, the numbers on the dial aren't mph, they are a percent of maximum speed. So 100 is 100%, i.e. as fast as it can go.
Here you go - picture of the circuit board. Hope this helps.
