Re: Need Star Wars (Amplifone) repair tips

From: <jwelser_at_ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue Aug 18 1998 - 11:11:10 EDT

On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Dave Turner wrote:

> Found some more information. Checked out the deflection PCB and found
> some curious things. Found that fuse F3 was blown. Also found that the
> bottom of Capacitor C3 (and around R7) are black with burn marks or
> maybe soot. C3 doesn't seem to ohm out right, but I haven't had the
> chance to remove it yet to test it properly.

        I forgot which fuse F3 was, so I checked it out. VR1 may be
causing F3 to blow. Ohm out the regulated output of VR1 to GND, and
see if there is a short.

Joe
Received on Tue Aug 18 10:11:12 1998

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