Beocord 3300 No Power

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vol.2
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Posted March 26, 2023 at 05:59 GMT
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Can't seem to figure out why my Beocord 3300 has no power. I'm getting line voltage inside, and the fuse seems to be fine.

I've got the service manual, but I wanted to check here to see if there are any common faults I should know about, or any good places to check next inside. Any guidance would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

Location: baltimore

vol.2
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Posted March 26, 2023 at 06:23 GMT
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I'd like to add that I finally got the standby light to appear if I probe around on the board, but it seems to go dim and start blinking after a little while. Perhaps it's a capacitor, or many capacitors. There's a lot in here.

Hopefully someone here has a good idea what to check for and can save me some time. I have a feeling that otherwise I'm going to be pulling and checking an awful lot of components.

 

Location: baltimore

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Dillen
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Posted March 26, 2023 at 07:49 GMT
#1654993
A cracked solder joint, perhaps.
Check around the voltage regulators.

Martin
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Posted March 26, 2023 at 21:16 GMT
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Location: baltimore

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Posted March 26, 2023 at 22:05 GMT
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Ok. I figured it out. I feel silly, but this turned out to be a 220V model. I found this in a secondhand store many years ago and put it in storage as a future project without looking at it too closely. I realized after checking the voltages that I was getting only half the correct voltage on the output of the bridge rectifier.

Is there some way I can swap out the transformer and make this a 120V device?

 

Thanks

Location: baltimore

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Dillen
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Posted March 27, 2023 at 15:44 GMT
#1655044
I seem to remember it can be rewired internally. I don't have the servicemanual at hand now.

Else: https://beoparts.com/2018/11/22/mains-transformer-220-240v-8013312/

Martin
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Posted March 27, 2023 at 16:42 GMT
#1655046
I went ahead and bought a broken unit because I thought I would have to swap the transformer out. ? It wasn't very expensive, but I feel kinda stupid now.

Is that what's going on here then? In the top configuration, the middle two taps on the device side legs are also going to ground, but on the bottom the middle two taps are no connection? I believe that my current configuration looks like the top one, so does that mean I have to cut off the 2nd and 5th legs of the transformer to get it to work?



 

Thanks

Location: baltimore

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Dillen
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Posted March 27, 2023 at 17:16 GMT
#1655050
No. That's two different transformers.

Martin
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Posted March 27, 2023 at 17:45 GMT
#1655051
Ok. Great. So maybe that means I did good by purchasing the parts unit with the correct transformer.

It seems like I should be able to drop in the 2943 (120V version) into the space where the 2941 (220V version) is, and the rest of the circuit will be happy.

Would you agree with that assessment?

Thanks

Location: baltimore

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