Repairing an IKA stirplate RET Basic, magnetic hot plate

Nov 28, 2018 0 Replies

IKA stir plate RET Basic, Won't stir. Water spill under motor, destroyed SMT resistors and traces.

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IKA partslist gives the part nos. for this model



The main PCB is: IKA part no. 3185001, price in 2018 is $305.00. The motor is: IKA part no. 2869900 (in 2018 price $312.00) (motor wo/magnet.) It's an EBM PAPST 24V DC fan motor, (16-28V-) Ebmpapst part no. M1G055-AI01-01, which I don't find in their PDF catalog.

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The four pins for the motor electronics are, top view from left to right:


- +24VDC (more like 33V in the stirplate)



- Tachometer out, Hall chip, TTL O.C. output



- V(inp), 0-5VDC gives analog 0-1000RPM.



- Gnd/common



The motor speed-ctrl electronics is digital, with a hcf4093 quad op amp and an

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SG3524 pwm ctrl chip, with 25KHz pwm outputs going to the V(in) motor pin. Replaced both chips and a couple of SMT resistors. Works now!



Also see my

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for more repair articles on lab instruments.


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