Re: Amplifone HV probs/Thank you John Robertson

I would suggest you shut it down. Invest in a new transformer. I went through
the red transformer thing a month ago. Lessoned learned. Red is Dead or will be
very soon. I finally got a red transformer working after a half dozen voltage
regulators and then it only lasted for 4 days. I thougt is was great I missed
the $200 bullet and then had to get a new t-former anyway after wasting my time
and parts. Never bothered to test the last 4 red transformers I still have

just my $.02

Dan

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:05:11 -0600, you wrote:

>Hello All!
>
>Well I finally got my first amplifone running last weekend (in a Star
>Wars UR). :-) Believe it or not I have a working red flyback mounted on
>one of the blue HV pcb's. I had to remove the HV and resolder one of the
>tiny wires from the coils of the red HV to it's base plate, but now it's
>working! I have a problem though that I think may be HV related, since
>it occurs with each of the four deflection boards that I have gotten up
>and running this week. The problem does not occur with a Wells Gardner
>mounted for testing. During the death star explosion the screen gets
>very out of focus and the entire picture swells. The picture expands to
>the point that the three gun turrets are no longer visible on the sides
>and bottom of the screen. After the death star explosion, all is well
>until the next time to blow the darn thing up. I haven't capped the HV
>yet, but will try that soon.
>
>Any help would be appreciated!
>
>I would also like to take this oppurtunity to thank John Robertson for
>the small cache of Wells Gardner and amplifone parts he supplied me
>recently! Both of the two amplifone deflection boards he supplied
>worked perfectly after replacing a couple of missing chasis transistors
>that had been raided to repair other boards during the years in storage
>(just as he told me they were)! Thanks John! I look forward to testing
>the rest of the boards soon... ;-)
>
>Thanks,
>Noel
Received on Wed Nov 17 22:34:10 1999