Vectorlist Archives: RE: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks

From: John Butler <John.Butler_at_asu.edu>
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 11:53:38 EDT

Ok, I am not the expert but that is OK. Let me ask this though. So to get
a monitor stable we are going to add an LV2000, a new flyback and?????
Aren't we at the point where the cost of the other hard to find parts are
going to make this all price unfriendly? What happened to the replacement
vector monitor project? We talked about last year for quite a while and
suddenly nothing. I am all for a replacement flyback that is cheaper and
easy to install/mount, but are we to the point where the person that is
redesigning the High voltage, just continues through the rest of the
monitor? Just a random thought of the day.

-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. [mailto:vector@hawkmountain.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 8:24 AM
To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks

If something can be created that meets all the criterea everyone has been
talking about, I'm interested in 2, maybe 3.

-- Curt

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>To: vectorlist@synthcom.com, <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
>From: John Robertson <pinball@telus.net>
>Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks
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>I was just chatting with my friend, John, who has a shop locally that does
>nothing but repair monitors, he believes that he can make a voltage limited

>HV supply that would run on the original DC supply for about $100US in 50
>lots....
>
>This will not be as pretty a box as the ones that Wintron and others make,
>but the price is probably much nicer...the box could thus replace either
>the WG HV as used in Tempest, and the HV as used in the Ampliphone. These
>would use inexpensive common HV flybacks so repairs should be cheap as
well...
>
>Any interest?
>
>John :-#)#
>
>At 11:03 PM 13/04/2002 -0500, Jeff Sanders wrote:
>>OK, here goes,
>>
>>There's a local dude down here in Alabama and I believe his name is Andy
>>Warren. I haven't chatted with him in a few years, real nice guy, quite
the
>>circuit stud.
>>
>>His e-mail is andywarren@otelco.net
>>
>>He's quite sharp on vector stuff and a while back he told me a story
about
>>how he hacked in a WG x-former into an Ampliphone tube with just a few
minor
>>circuit mods. He made it sound simple but I forget the details.
>>
>>If someone wants to e-mail him and pick his brain please see what he has
to
>>say on this topic please do so.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Jeff S.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Joe Bachmann" <joe.bachmann@newmail.net>
>>To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 4:10 PM
>>Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks
>>
>>
>> > What xformer goes into a WG? Where can I get them?
>> >
>> > JB
>> >
>> > Jeff Sanders wrote:
>> >
>> > > I know a guy that got a WG transformer to work in an Ampliphone
(which
>>I'm
>> > > sure has been brought up before)
>> > >
>> > > Would that be a cheaper alternative? i.e. finding a cheap mass
market
>> > > X-former that can work with a minor circuit mod?
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: "Jess Askey" <jess@askey.org>
>> > > To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
>> > > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 2:17 PM
>> > > Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re: Bulk buy on Wintron flybacks
>> > >
>> > > > I can donate my schem of my torn apart Wintron if you like as well.
>> > > >
>> > > > John Robertson wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > This is getting ridiculous! $200US for a transformer? I'm going
to
>>check
>> > > > > with a fellow I know that runs a monitor repair business and see
if
>>he
>> > > has
>> > > > > any suggestions for a replacement flyback that could be used to
>>replace
>> > > the
>> > > > > Wintron. I'm thinking of a Xformer from a medium or hi-res 19"
>>monitor
>> > > and
>> > > > > wire it up to replace the Wintron. Much like my Raster-Hack, I
think
>> > > this
>> > > > > might be far more cost effective. Someone could make an adapter
PCB
>>and
>> > > it
>> > > > > could almost then just plug in...
>> > > > >
>> > > > > John :-#)#
>> > > > >
>> > > > > At 03:14 PM 11/04/2002 -0600, Kurt Mahan wrote:
>> > > > > >Well, if they are so confident maybe they'd like to extend that
>> > > warranty
>> > > > > >of theirs from 1 year (or whatever it is) to 5 or 10 years? If
>>they
>> > > put
>> > > > > >that kind of warranty on it I'd be happier about using one.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >Kurt
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Hi,
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Well guys I just called them and spoke with the lady in
charge.
>>She
>> > > > > > was very
>> > > > > > > friendly and I tried every angle I could to get the price
down
>>as
>> > > low as
>> > > > > > > possible. She claims they sell 100's a year at their posted
>>price
>> > > (a #
>> > > > > > I dont
>> > > > > > > belive at all), but that is what she said. The best she
could
>>do on
>> > > 50
>> > > > > > was $180
>> > > > > > > each which is a joke price break wise, I was looking for $150
or
>> > > > > > less. I tried
>> > > > > > > and tried, but they just want cut the price down. If someone
>>else
>> > > > > > thinks they
>> > > > > > > can have better luck than I talking to the lady, I say go
for
>>it
>> > > and
>> > > > > > let us know
>> > > > > > > how it goes. This was a big let down, in fact since they
were
>>so
>> > > > > > greedy (50 x
>> > > > > > > 150 being $7500 worth of business for them) that I dont think
I
>>will
>> > > > > > ever buy one
>> > > > > > > in the future from them. The lady said that they were super
>>stout
>> > > and
>> > > > > > they did
>> > > > > > > not break.....one of the reasons for no price break. It
looks
>>like
>> > > > > > someone calle
>> > > > > > > them up and buttered their own muffin......to the person I
>> > > say....."you
>> > > > > > damn
>> > > > > > > fool."
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Later,
>> > > > > > > Mark Capps
>> > > > >
>> > >
>>
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