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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”

Craig

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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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A big thank you Lee and Keith…..I’m really not sure how long I have been a member of the site….I do know I have learned a huge amount from being a part of it, the advice and contributions from the legends of the site, in particular Dillen….have grown my knowledge exponentially, loved every adventure I have been lucky enough to be part of…….

Craig

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Bear in mind that the Commander uses ultrasonic not infrared…….have a listen and see if you can hear the standby relay operating when you first switch the mains power on……I have had issues in the past with a standby relay which although was operating its contacts where not making/breaking. The standby relay allows power to all functions however if your amp has been unused for a long time some of the lamps may have failed despite power being available, so may give a false impression that nothing is getting power…

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Hi Henrik..

Pretty much like yourself. the clock is ticking as some say…but overall I’m still in good shape for an old man ;¬)

Bert…could be your 6000 is stuck in standby, very difficult to diagnose without eyes on, and if yours are failing it wouldnt be easy for you to open her up and do some tests…but do replace the remote battery and give that a go…maybe someone closer to you will weigh in and volunteer some assistance, the UK is a long way to send such a heavy amplifier ;¬)

Craig

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