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do the crank ones just get binned?
IME, yes. They can't usually be fixed. I suspect they pot the electronics in epoxy to protect them against water intrusion, but that means that if a component fails it can't be replaced. Not economically, anyway.
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Bummer. Maybe there's a market for erectronic hackers out there to mess with the internals.
How hard is it to crack open potted circuits without ruining the erectronics? It would be useful if you could get replacement boards for these but I guess they're all heavily integrated with arms/axles and shit so even if you did replace them they'd have to be recalibrated, etc.
hippy
Oh well. I bought a Quarq for the Mason because I liked their spider mount better than the silly P2M design. Hopefully it lasts a bit longer than 2y8m. I quite liked the fact Powertap could be repaired - do the crank ones just get binned? Oh, have you tried drying it out with rice/silica gel in case it's water ingress?