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This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your NovaStar Gasmelder, use our service manual.

    1. NovaStar Gas Detector, Opening the housing: step 1, image 1 of 2 NovaStar Gas Detector, Opening the housing: step 1, image 2 of 2
      • Remove the 4 screws on the back using a PH2 screwdriver

      • Lift off the housing

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    2. NovaStar Gas Detector, Remove the PCB: step 2, image 1 of 2 NovaStar Gas Detector, Remove the PCB: step 2, image 2 of 2
      • Remove the PCB

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    3. NovaStar Gas Detector, Components: step 3, image 1 of 3 NovaStar Gas Detector, Components: step 3, image 2 of 3 NovaStar Gas Detector, Components: step 3, image 3 of 3
      • Shown here is a small transformer, a rectifier with 4 diodes, a capacitor, and an LM7805 voltage regulator.

      • The circuit consists of an MQ-5 gas sensor, CMOS 4011, NE555 timer, LM358 comparator, a button, a piezo speaker, a potentiometer, resistors, and capacitors. That's it.

      • The gas sensor presumably needs to be heated, which is why the circuit board is discolored.

      • If the connector weren't severely bent and the threaded pieces broken, the gas detector would certainly still have worked.

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