Beogram 6500 power supply

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Hi all,

I have a power issue with my BG6500. I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction:

Can the power coil be repaired?
I’ve spotted some broken wires (see photos) which are likely to be the reason no power is getting to my Beogram.

Can these wires be repaired or replaced?
Can I solder in any copper wire as replacements?
Why are the wires which have broken so small?

Or shall I just go about looking for a replacement coil?
Can I replace the coil with another?

Any help and advice gladly received.

Julian

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[Dillen]

Was this Beogram moved to a different mains voltage area?
Replace the transformer and make sure it is set up correctly for the actual local mains voltage before connecting mains.
Having siad that – if the Beogram suffered an over-voltage situation, some of the electronics may also have been damaged.

Martin

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Dillen wrote:

Was this Beogram moved to a different mains voltage area?
Good question. I’ll check the serial number and see if it’s an overseas model. I have very little knowledge of the origins of this and the other parts of the Beosystem. All new stuff to find out…..

Replace the transformer and make sure it is set up correctly for the actual local mains voltage before connecting mains. Having siad that – if the Beogram suffered an over-voltage situation, some of the electronics may also have been damaged. Martin

Thank you Martin – I’ll hope for the best and try to find a replacement transformer.

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A quick update on the Beogram’s origin: found a serial label inside the user guide!

There is also a white label inside underneath the aluminium.

 

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Update:

Well well what a fun little journey that was 😀
I am now the exceedingly happy owner of a fully working and stunning Beogram 6500!

So as @Dillen suggested I found a replacement transformer from a well known auction website for sixty five pounds.
It came supplied with a fused circuit board (with the large capacitor) but had different traces to the one on my Beogram so I just soldered the new transformer to the original board and fitted it.

When power was added the Beogram was alive. It wouldn’t track though. This baffled me for ages – until I decided to open up my Beogram 3500 to use as a reference. After checking the two I noticed the wires for the lamp were connected to the two pins for the motor, and vice-versa. I changed them over and presto the deck operated as normal.

Next up I had to raise the platter to the correct height. Then the arm followed by the tonearm. Finally I adjusted the drop point because the stylus was slipping off the record at the start. (Worst nightmare)

The tracking weight was set at over 1.5 so I pulled that back to just on 1.

Big moment. Connected the Beogram up to the BM and sat for the next couple of hours enjoying some of my favourite LPs 😎

As always, I couldn’t have done this without the years of knowledge, resources and friendly people on this site to give me the confidence to try.

(Two photos – the ‘how lucky am I?’ using one Beogram to check against the other scenario. And the BG6500 up and running at last ❤️)

 

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