Batteries America CBE-210N Battery Eliminator - Definitely Different

I did something stupid earlier in the month. I accidentally reversed the polarity to my Batteries America CBE-210N battery eliminator and well... you can guess the result of that. Once you let the smoke out of some components, they just don't work very well any more. The same went for the ICOM F21GM radio, too. All in all, it was a very costly mistake.

However, since the specs of the 210N seemed to indicate it was different inside from the old 210, I figured why not crack the case and see.

Compare back to my older posting on this subject (August 15, 2009) and you will see that the 210N is much different. Instead of a single voltage regulator, there are two (L7808CV), so there's a bit of simplification going on in getting to that reduced voltage ( 7 VDC) that the ICOM radio is happier with.

So, I am now the happy owner of another (2) ICOM F21GM radios and a new CBE-210N. This time, I hope I've learned from my mistake and will keep the smoke locked up inside the respective components where it belongs.