Bert 1100
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I always wanted one of those, and when one came up on our local auction site, I had to get it...
It came in one piece despite a poor packing job, and it was working well, but with the usual contact noises and such.
What is not so nice is the smell that it gave off, a mixture of tobacco and moldy / old house smell...
So a big part of the job will be cleaning !
It will get all new caps, a new relay, leds and whatever else it needs...
This is how I received it, it looked pretty good, I think it had gotten a good cleaning of the exterior.
The insides were another story !
first : dismantling, so I can give the whole thing a goooood wash !
The relay came out, and of course the transformer will not get wet.
That transformer is HEAVY ! just above 5 kilos !
I'm getting rid of all those sticky and stiff PVC sleeves, me no like...
So, a good wash in the sink !
drying in the oven at 70 degrees C.
Out in the sun.
Look at the solder joints of the regulators....
The relay contacts don't look good....I have a new relay.
This project will be quite slow, I'm doing a Marantz 2325 at the same time
It came in one piece despite a poor packing job, and it was working well, but with the usual contact noises and such.
What is not so nice is the smell that it gave off, a mixture of tobacco and moldy / old house smell...
So a big part of the job will be cleaning !
It will get all new caps, a new relay, leds and whatever else it needs...
This is how I received it, it looked pretty good, I think it had gotten a good cleaning of the exterior.
The insides were another story !
first : dismantling, so I can give the whole thing a goooood wash !
The relay came out, and of course the transformer will not get wet.
That transformer is HEAVY ! just above 5 kilos !
I'm getting rid of all those sticky and stiff PVC sleeves, me no like...
So, a good wash in the sink !
drying in the oven at 70 degrees C.
Out in the sun.
Look at the solder joints of the regulators....
The relay contacts don't look good....I have a new relay.
This project will be quite slow, I'm doing a Marantz 2325 at the same time
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