Hi ll, I am new to this forum and desperately trying to figure out what is wrong with my fogger. I have tried asking for help from Rosco, but since they discontinued my fogger they will not give me any help. I have tried calling some local technicians I found who are licensed to work on my unit, but they have informed me they are not allowed to work on it because it has been discontinued. I tried calling around to a few general electronic repair places in the area who work on stereos or guitar amplifiers and no one is interested in working on it. So here goes my issue...
My unit was not heating up. I opened it up and tested a few parts for continuity and looked for blow fuses or obviously burned parts on the circuit board. What I found was a burned out thermostat which is mounted to the heating element and connects two big wires. I assume this is an on off switch and when the heat gets too high the thermostat switches to off and stops the heating.
I found the exact part replacement at Full Compass and replaced it. Now the unit turns on, heats up, and produces fog. The problem is that it only seems to work for a minute or so, then the 'heating' light sort of randomly goes on and off. The heating element seems to get much much hotter than it used to when it was working properly. I am guessing that they may have sent me a bad thermostat and for some reason if the unit is too hot the fog burns instead of vaporizes? I am not too familiar with the technical side of how this stuff works, just know how to do enough soldering to replace things that are obviously burned out. I would love it if I could just take it to a repair shop, but I seem to have run out of options. Any suggestions on what to check out to fix this myself, or anywhere that might be able to help me around Oakland, California?
Thanks!
My unit was not heating up. I opened it up and tested a few parts for continuity and looked for blow fuses or obviously burned parts on the circuit board. What I found was a burned out thermostat which is mounted to the heating element and connects two big wires. I assume this is an on off switch and when the heat gets too high the thermostat switches to off and stops the heating.
I found the exact part replacement at Full Compass and replaced it. Now the unit turns on, heats up, and produces fog. The problem is that it only seems to work for a minute or so, then the 'heating' light sort of randomly goes on and off. The heating element seems to get much much hotter than it used to when it was working properly. I am guessing that they may have sent me a bad thermostat and for some reason if the unit is too hot the fog burns instead of vaporizes? I am not too familiar with the technical side of how this stuff works, just know how to do enough soldering to replace things that are obviously burned out. I would love it if I could just take it to a repair shop, but I seem to have run out of options. Any suggestions on what to check out to fix this myself, or anywhere that might be able to help me around Oakland, California?
Thanks!