Re: Vector's are hard to fix ? HA!

I've had one G0-7 x-former go out. cracked case and all..........

Just to keep this on topic, a friend once supposedly hacked a raster flyback
onto an Ampliphone.

 Is this a commonly known thing?

----- Original Message -----
From: "peter jones" <highwayman2000@mail.ru>
To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Vector's are hard to fix ? HA!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Christopher X. Candreva" <chris@westnet.com>
> To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 18:55:40 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: VECTOR: Vector's are hard to fix ? HA!
>
> >
> >
> > Next person who says that is going to get . . .
> >
> > I'm fixing my first raster monitor -- a G07, and it comes time to check
the
> > chasis mounted transistors. Bob Robert's tips page has all this talk
about
> > soldering on them, and I'm saying to myself "Why is anyone resoldering
on
> > the socket. I mean, T03 transistors are socketed, right ?"
> >
> > Great Mother of Zeus -- they solder wires right on the transistors ! NO
> > SOCKETS !!!!
> >
> > Oh give me my vector monitors with nice clean plugs, sockets, etc, any
day.
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> > PS -- anyone who knows why a G07 would be blowing the 1.25 amp fuse when
the
> > chasis transistors are NOT shorted to ground, the heater coil isn't
shorted
> > to ground, and the flyback isn't cracked, I'm open to suggestions at
this
> > point.
> >
> if it was easy i would say isolate B+ and load it with a 40W 240v
lamp-bulb,
>
> of course being a G07 it is not easy, so maybe you will need to cut a
track.
> if you have a japanese copy then they (being smart) added a link you can
lift to isolate the B+ line!
>
> with B+ isolated and loaded you can check the regulator is running and
ajust it for 120v.
>
> if you get this far then ring the LOPT and suspect any secondary diodes.
>
> let me know the progress, my repair ratio of G07s to vector stuff is about
20/1.
>
> Btw. in about the last 20 years i have NEVER seen a G07 transformer
fail!!!!
>
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