Danny Wells wrote:

The lamp bulbs you need are RS Component Number 655-9722

Lamps are 6v  80mA - piece of cake to fit - simple push-fit.

Cheers

 

 

I don't know where you have these specs from, but they are wrong.
In Beomaster 3000 and 4000, the ON, Stereo and discriminator lamps are 14.8V 30mA.
The S-meter illumination lamp is 6V 30mA in either W2 or axial type depending on the brand of S-meter fitted.

Martin

Hi guys,

New to the forum, and interest in B&O vintage equipment. I'm trying to restore a Beomaster 3000 type 2402 and a Beogram 4002 TT. I'm first tackling the Beomaster 3000: All looks good, brought it up with variac, and checked inputs, tuner, etc all with headphones and all looks o.k. But all the display lights are off. So my question is: Is it possible that all bulbs are off? (power, stereo, tuner dial) or something more important is happening here, and how do I access the bulbs in the front panel display? silly question probably, but this is my first attempt with B&O gear. Thanks in advance!!

George

The lamps can be accessed by removing the top cover, you will see them when you look inside to the rear of the relevant lens covers. They have small square black holders with wires soldered to the connection tabs, with long nosed pliers, or strong tweezers these square holders can be eased backwards untill they clear the mounting tabs that hold them in place.....very easy to do.

Craig

Many thanks Craig!!! While waiting for a response from you guys, something unfortunate happened: Everything sounded good, but left it on and kept using it for a couple of days and the unit just gave up on me, have a very weak signal through tape and tuner is virtually dead. May this be a cap issue? Power supply big caps? Thanks in advance!

There are lots of reasons for this kibd of behavior, as you say you used a variac to power up initially this suggests you have an understanding of what goes on under the covers? try looking through previous posts and carrying out power supply checks first, can you set the quiet current corrrectly? have a look in the maunal section of the site for the circuit diagram and see if it makes any sense....if not it may be worth seeking the assistance of someone local to check it out for you.

Craig