JamVal
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Technics SL-QD33 with intermittent platter motor start problem.
Usually it works as it should, but once in awhile not. Seems to be a common problem with this deck.
I read this thread which concluded the problem is with capacitors.
audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/technics-sl-qd33-turntable-some-repair-tips.781772/
I've tried to identify when a malfunction occurs - and it seems to happen after a longer period of not being used, or when the tonearm is moved manually. I get it back in sequence by powering it off and rotating the platter about half a turn.
Usually it works as it should, but once in awhile not. Seems to be a common problem with this deck.
I read this thread which concluded the problem is with capacitors.
audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/technics-sl-qd33-turntable-some-repair-tips.781772/
I've tried to identify when a malfunction occurs - and it seems to happen after a longer period of not being used, or when the tonearm is moved manually. I get it back in sequence by powering it off and rotating the platter about half a turn.
I am not a tech, but I am dubious about bad capacitors causing an intermittent platter motor start issue. Most of the time the motor starts as it should; once in awhile it does not. So Would bad capacitors cause an intermittent motor start problem? Seems to me if they were bad I wouldn't be able to get it going again.