eTiger Treadmills?

The triac driver U1 (TLP561G) mentioned above is not available through any of the common suppliers (Farnell, RS, Digikey, etc). There is a very similar part that is available as an alternative however - TLP3042(S). Available through Farnell. Hope this helps

Cam
July 2010

Hi,
I am getting an E1 error and it seems that the motor has blown. Please advise how can I get it sorted?
Many thanks.

Amitabh
May 2010

After investigating the power control board of my faulty eTiger treadmill, I discovered that nothing had blown, all the high current components were OK, but the thyristor labelled Q2 (S6025L) was not being switched on, so no current was getting to the motor and since it was not moving when it should be, the switch RY1 disconnected the power after a few seconds and error code E1 is displayed. The signal to Q2 comes via a triac driver U1 (TLP561G) which should connect pins 4 and 6 to start up Q2. But again no signal arrives on pins 1 & 2. So I tried shorting pins 4 & 6 to force U1 on and everything works. I guess that the poor design of eTiger electronics has not allowed for component drift and the protection mechanisms are defaulting to off as the aging process progresses.
Of couse these suggestions may be totally wrong and could be dangerous so please take all possible precautions. The alternative is to dump the whole useless mess. "Caveat emptor"

Fred Stentiford
April 2010

hi there im having the same problem cant find any one have looked all over

david morris
March 2010