Wondering if there any knowledgeable electronic members here, I was using my 1000W induction heater module and bumped the steel rod I was heating against the induction coil, which sparked and joined itself lightly to it, without thinking I tried to yank it apart , which resulted in me lifting the whole module off the bench which then released and the circuit board landed on the steel bench, end result was a shower of big sparks and a small cloud of magic smoke being released from the unit.
So on inspection of the now dead unit I found that the 4 Mosfets have blown a leg off. So I un-soldered them and the markings on them are IRFP260N 550P 21 (Can't tell if there were any other numbers above the blown leg as that part of the Mosfet also vapourised). Unfortunately I have not been able to find an exact Mosfet and the sales people in several electronic supply store have been less than knowledgable. The closest that I have been able to find are ones that have IRFP260N on them but all the other numbers are different, so my question is does anyone know what an equivalent Mosfet is and do the other numbers matter? Thanks.
So on inspection of the now dead unit I found that the 4 Mosfets have blown a leg off. So I un-soldered them and the markings on them are IRFP260N 550P 21 (Can't tell if there were any other numbers above the blown leg as that part of the Mosfet also vapourised). Unfortunately I have not been able to find an exact Mosfet and the sales people in several electronic supply store have been less than knowledgable. The closest that I have been able to find are ones that have IRFP260N on them but all the other numbers are different, so my question is does anyone know what an equivalent Mosfet is and do the other numbers matter? Thanks.