The merlin@home transmitter presented with a no power issue and burnt damage to the ac power adapter.The visual inspection revealed no physical damage to the outer housing of the merlin@home transmitter and no physical damage to the outer casing of the ac power adapter; however, the inspection of the green contact strips in the ac power adapter revealed burnt damage.In turn, the transmitter was not plugged into a working ac electrical outlet.Upon opening the ac power adapter, inspection revealed that there were burnt components on both sides of the main pcb and on its¿ inner casing.After opening the transmitter, inspection revealed that there were multiple burnt components on the main pcb.As a result, we can conclude that the root-cause of the no power issue was the burnt damage that the ac power adapter's main pcb and the merlin@home transmitter¿s main pcb sustained through high current flow through the ac electrical power outlet.
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