9 Mar
1998
9 Mar
'98
5:24 p.m.
Well, without changing the blower motor or fuses, I plugged in my newly
rewired 4967 hard drive. I turned it on, the power supply made that
electrical buzzing noise that big PS's do(and a 220v motor in the
background running at half speed), then the drive started to spin up. Is
there a miniaturized jet plane in there? ;-) Anyways, it starts up(power
light comes on), and then after about 10-15 seconds there is a clunk sound
and the drive kinda shuts down until it tries again about 20 seconds
later(or maybe because I turned on the CPU). I'm not quite sure what ti
think. I haven't bothered taking it apart yet(too much work to get the
PS/controller unit off). Anyone have any ideas, or know someone who would?
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10 Mar
10 Mar
4:24 a.m.
Well, without changing the blower motor or fuses, I
plugged in my newly
rewired 4967 hard drive. I turned it on, the power supply made that
electrical buzzing noise that big PS's do(and a 220v motor in the
background running at half speed), then the drive started to spin up. Is
there a miniaturized jet plane in there? ;-) Anyways, it starts up(power
light comes on), and then after about 10-15 seconds there is a clunk sound
and the drive kinda shuts down until it tries again about 20 seconds
later(or maybe because I turned on the CPU). I'm not quite sure what ti
think. I haven't bothered taking it apart yet(too much work to get the
PS/controller unit off). Anyone have any ideas, or know someone who would?
Perhaps is the drive motor not spinning fast enough (because it may be a
240V type as well, now only getting 120V)? If it can not get up to speed,
well...
Maybe if I am bored tonight, I will take a look at one of mine.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
5:36 p.m.
Perhaps is the drive motor not spinning fast enough
(because it may be a
240V type as well, now only getting 120V)? If it can not get up to speed,
well...
Yep, two parts I have found so far 240v, and need to be replaced... I
suppose it shouldn't be too hard to find replacement motors, but some of
the other stuff will be interesting...
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12 Mar
12 Mar
5:45 p.m.
Yep, two parts I have found so far 240v, and need to
be replaced... I
suppose it shouldn't be too hard to find replacement motors, but some of
the other stuff will be interesting...
Just curious...
Why not run a 240 V circuit to the S/1? Depending on the local electrical
code, it would be either easy, or very easy. Do not let the 240 scare you.
That, or get a transformer to get the 240 V from a normal 120 V line.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
14 Mar
14 Mar
1:53 p.m.
Just curious...
Curiosity killed the cat... Lucky
we aren't cats! ;-)
Why not run a 240 V circuit to the S/1? Depending on
the local electrical
code, it would be either easy, or very easy. Do not let the 240 scare you.
I'm
not scared of it(or at least not any more than 120V or the 20kV in
monitors), and it would be relativley easy to install a 220v outlet, but it
would be more convenient to convert it to 110v. There is an unused 220v
outlet in the attic I could bypass and reroute it to the basement, and
there is any empty spot in the breaker box, but it's more fun to play
inside the Series/1. I'll learn house wiring later, right now I'm just
going to convert the system. BTW, I have pulled the 220v motor out of the
floppy drive, and the transformer is already set for 110v, all I need now
is a new motor, cord and fuse and that will be done. The 4967 needs two new
motors(one for the actual drive, one for the colling fan) and a fuse(I
kinda have a cord hooked up), and the CPU jst needs a new fuse and cooling
fan motor. I'm ignoring the 4959 right now, I don't really need it yet, and
I haven't looked at the 4968 tape drive yet.
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