20 Feb
2007
20 Feb
'07
2:47 p.m.
On 20/2/07 21:48, "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
THat's an odd fault. It's repeatable, yes? In
other words you turn it on,
it runs for 5 minutes, then trips the mains. You cna then power it down,
power it up again and it'll run for another 5 minutes...
Yep. Every time. I haven't timed it exactly, but it will run for minutes
then give up; last night I had enough time to start playing with DCL and
leave it for a bit while I dug a manual out. Then everything went black :)
THe mians filter caps would be plasting or metalised
paper types. I've
had them fail before, but normally they just go 'bang', emit magic smoke
and maybe blow the fuse.
Oh yes, plus the classic 'blown mains cap' smell. This one will trip and
run, trip and run.
The Pros (and the 'Bow, and Decmate II) are all
designed to come into
modules without tools. But be warned that setting up the machine out of
I know all about the 'bow and Decmate (wrt maintenance, dismantling etc) but
nothing about the Pro, today I learned lots :) Last time I used a Pro was
the late 80s as a console to a VAX 8550!
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