Repairing a Bosch AL-3640-CV Charger My brother has got a Bosch cordless lawnmower that uses 36V battery packs. He presented me with the charger, which was completely dead ~ no LEDs lit at all when plugged in, and nothing on the output ten nothing visibly wrong, so it was time to hit Google. als. Checking the circuit board, there was I found an old post on a Polish forum that suggested that a 180ko resistor fails. The resistor looked fine, but after desoldering it, it measured open circuit, It looks as though this is the startup resistor for the switch mode supply. The original resistor was rated around 1W at a guess, so I replaced it with a 3W version.See ae Note: Only poke around in the charger internals if you’ re confident in your ability to do so! The big capacitor in there is 150UF at 400V and will bite if you don’t discharge it safely. T accept no responsibilty if you break your charger or hurt yourself, so there! While I was checking over the rest of the circuit board, I noticed a pair of 2k20 resistors that obviously get fairly warm, so I replaced those too. After reassembling everything, it was ti up. Always fun with offline switch mode supplies, as they can go with a bang. Takes me back to fitting PSU repair kits to Amstrad satellite receivers! I flicked the mains on, and was greeted by a 1e to power the charger green LED lighting up on the charger.AL 3640 CV y— boo My brother has since tested the charger on a battery and it works fine. er) mo