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

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At 06:47 PM 10/02/2003 -0600, Jeff Sanders wrote:

>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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