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Stirling effort so far…….well done!

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because i had cut the tails and installed them they wouldnt go in the correct way around….so had to be replaced, will come in useful another day I’m sure ;¬)

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still getting used to the new site, as you can see….however the work so ar has not been without its excitement….installed 2 capacitors the wrong way around and had to replace them, schoolboy error! can you spot them?

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During the outage things have moved on……

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Cheers Martin…….buying one of your kits is by far the best way to obtain the necessary parts for a refurb…I’ve tried buying parts myself and although it can be done I ended up placing orders with multiple suppliers to purchase all the parts….and in some cases there is a minimum order level….so you end up with 5 trim pots of a particular value when you only need 1…..and of course the big output capacitors in the kit are custom made to be the correct diameter to replace those made back in the 1970’s……good job Martin ;¬)

Craig

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Received this little lot in the post a couple of days ago…..

 

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Exception work so far……you should offer to provide those wooden plinths to others, not everyone has access to the equipment required to give such a finish.

Well done

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disconnected plug P11 and with the help o a little piece of wire connected to r168 220 ohm resistor and gave the suspect track break several hard pokes with a blunt stick, reading never budged…..so as I cant see the underside of the board im going to give it the benefit of the doubt for now….im considering running a piece of wire topside just in case….

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discovered the individual responsible for the cobwebs…at least some of them i’m sure…..

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left the deoxit to dry off and had another go…switches all operate much better, tried FM works fine both channels….so does the phono input, got it on test or the day see how it performs, the suspect broken track will need some attention/investigation for sure…nothing is getting hot right now…..so Dillen can I have a capacitor kit please? it’s easier for me to buy from you that trawl the component websites ;¬)

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dusted away most o the debis and gave all the switches a blow over with de oxit and left them to soak…..did spot this….looks like a broken track

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underside look pretty clean however

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cobwebs everywhere…..

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A look inside gives a clue to its woes…..

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Got to hand it to him….I have taken two of these apart in the past and they are an ordeal….still got one that works but it took a similar amout of effort to get it there…and considerably more time 😉

 

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End of an era……….thanks to all who have made this site possible down the years and lets look forward to enjoying if for years to come

Craig

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Couple of things to consider…….import duty, cost of delivery and possible damage during shipping…..

Craig

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When you say you can manually operate the solenoid armature by hand and the tone arm drops, release the tone arm manually and the tone arm rises this is normal operation and suggests that mechanically all is well….also when you press start the tone arm moves to the drop point, assuming a disc is on the turntable, and stops ….but you hear a “click” this suggests that the solenoid is actually pulling in….is that the case? can you watch and see what happens when you hear the “click”

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Ok

Just had a look at my BM6000 units, I have two of them…….both do the same thing. When i power up from the switch at the back I cant actually hear the standby relay energising/clicking……the red lamp is illuminated. Pressing standby puts power to the tuning strength meter and also to the control position indicators, all function switches operate as normal…FM switch lights tuning indicator slider. pressing the standby switch gives an audible click as the relay de energises and all lamps go off except the red standby lamp….pressing standby switch again gives an audible click as the relay energises and power is restored……

dont know if this helps

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