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Oh…..and this has arrived from Frede……such excellent work, was a little miffed at having to pay import duty on it now that we are free from the EU ;¬)
This is a slow and painstaking exercise requiring a lot of sanding and swearing…….cant hurry the glue drying process either….
I’ve decided on this african iroko veneer…..will need to stain it in order to darken it down to match the Beogram 5000 it will be paired with
made a start on the cabinet top, was in a bit of a mess so re shaped the smashed corners ready for veneering…..
Making a start on “the low hanging fruit”,
to quote a project manager I once worked with. A friend of mine spent some time cleaning up the curser. Interestingly this piece isn’t anodised like the face plate, which is probably why it oxidised so badly, I’m told that one can determine if something has been anodised by the use of a multimeter set to ohms……if something is anodised it wont conduct?….I will test this. New felt pads will be included too.Sold as fully functional…….however I think a bit of cleaning (quite a bit actually) and replacing of dried out capacitors will be required before power is connected, some replacement veneer too I’m thinking
So ready to be returned to its home……been quite a journey, the success is largely due to Manfys inspiration and guidance regarding the voltage regulator and toroidal transformer.
Its good to know that a failed transformer isn’t the end of the road for a BG4000
Installed the voltage regulator, bolted to the chassis, no additional heatsink required….gave her a spin and nothing is getting more than lukewarm….Martin recommends removing 2TR6 from the circuit board due to overheating causing the 6vdc supply to become unstable…..so I’m good with this, good test required and that should be that!
Resistor received, however I ordered a 3w component and received a 25w instead……bit overkill but quite adequate….
Tried a 22 ohm resistor in line with the regulator and this dropped the input voltage to a little over 10vdc…the heat dissipated by the regulator has dropped and the resistor is doing some of the work….
this is the input to the new voltage regulator from the centre tap of the the transformer, much improved though still a little high, this measurement was taken under load, this was previously sitting at 24v
to quote a project manager I once worked with. A friend of mine spent some time cleaning up the curser. Interestingly this piece isn’t anodised like the face plate, which is probably why it oxidised so badly, I’m told that one can determine if something has been anodised by the use of a multimeter set to ohms……if something is anodised it wont conduct?….I will test this. New felt pads will be included too.
