RE: Re: Ampl. Red HVU, how many still work?

From: Joe <jb_at_joesarcade.com>
Date: Sun Oct 26 2003 - 14:52:49 EST

My luck has been about 1 in 5 work.

JB

-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Rosenzweig [mailto:joel.rosenzweig@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:28 AM
To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re: Ampl. Red HVU, how many still work?

If you're really taking a poll...

I have an original working red HVT, but it's no longer in service, but I
don't use it anymore since switching over to Wintron's.

I have owned two others, neither of which worked when I got ahold of
them,
and neither had signs of any external physical damage.

Joel-

----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis H. Wilbar Jr." <vector@hawkmountain.net>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re: Ampl. Red HVU, how many still work?

>
> I have a "Red is Alive" HVT ! Don't know how long it will stay that
> way.... but I guess if it survived this long, it may hang on
> indefinately since it gets very little use (especially since I have
> to fix the Mathbox on the mainboard).
>
> I also have two other HV boards. At least one I am 99.9% sure of
> has a dead Red HVT, and the other I have not tried to repair yet, but
> I'm pretty sure that the Red HVT on that one is likely dead as well.
>
> I've read a few times on this list of list members with working Red
HVTs
> but I don't the numbers are large.
>
> Considering the costs involved when a HVT is bad.... I would work to
> determine if the Red HVTs you have are dead before truly considering
> them to be so.... (although you may blow regs/BUs in the process of
> trying to find out (unless you have a ring tester for the HVT)).
>
> -- Curt
>
> On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 08:58, Electronicamuse@aol.com wrote:
> > I am finally getting ready to go through my stack of Amplifone parts
> > that I have and I was wondering what the chances are that any of the
> > HVU boards have good red flybacks. A few have blown 24V regulators,
> > etc. Does the flyback kill those? Does the flyback die silently or
> > crack like raster ones?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dave
>
>
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