Sansui 2000 bulb replacement

[HTHMAN]

I am asking a little help/advice from those who have replaced bulbs on their Sansui 2000. I was recently gifted one and just started to work on it. After cleaning all the pots, it sounds great and everything seems to work except the FM signal strength meter. The meter works on AM but not FM. Looks like a couple dial lights are out as well as several indicator lights. I have no FM Stereo indication although I can hear stereo.

Back to the bulb question. How do you get to them? I am hoping that those are sockets that are soldered in and not the bulbs themselves. If so, to you remove the faceplate and dial glass to access them? What are the replacement bulbs? And, if anyone has any pics of the process, that would help a lot.

Six indicator bulb on top and 3-4 dial bulbs underneath. Some type of sheath over the bulbs to the indicator space on the faceplate.

 

[larryderouin]

The bulbs screw into the mounts for the function lamps. But the old ones rarely comeout without breaking them and removing the pieces with needlenose pliers due to the paint (the white dab on each one) wicking into each and every one of the mounts.

IIRC they(Function lamps) slide out of the tubes(black) from the back as a unit. The dial lamps are either inside the case under the function lamps or off to the side ala FISHER 400. It's been so long I can't remember exactly. Best to take off the front and the dial face to access inside.

Sorry couldn't be more help.

 

[larryderouin]

TAPE, PHONO, AUX, Tuner, POWER lamps are 8V .15a Closest i can find is E10 lamps which are 8V .25a from wjoe.com
The Dial lamps (3) are F type (fuse type) 6.3V .25a (GF560). wjoe.com
http://www.wjoe.com/all_lamps.htm

 

[Ron Z]

I am asking a little help/advice from those who have replaced bulbs on their Sansui 2000. I was recently gifted one and just started to work on it. After cleaning all the pots, it sounds great and everything seems to work except the FM signal strength meter. The meter works on AM but not FM. Looks like a couple dial lights are out as well as several indicator lights. I have no FM Stereo indication although I can hear stereo.

Back to the bulb question. How do you get to them? I am hoping that those are sockets that are soldered in and not the bulbs themselves. If so, to you remove the faceplate and dial glass to access them? What are the replacement bulbs? And, if anyone has any pics of the process, that would help a lot.

Six indicator bulb on top and 3-4 dial bulbs underneath. Some type of sheath over the bulbs to the indicator space on the faceplate.

 

[Ron Z]

That actually looks a lot simpler than the 2000x I just disassembled. The lights mostly broke getting them out and were difficult to get to. The led lamps I was sent mostly the tops cracked off getting them in. Waste of $25 for leds. There are smaller indicator lights below them that don't screw out. They are tiny. My guess is they would need to be cut and replaced. Idk. May be sending it to someone to look st. Frustrating.

 

[larryderouin]

The schematic gives you the voltages/amps for all the lamps. Parts list also, but doesn't tell you what type. You'll have to determine what type each is. www.wjoe.com has visual descriptions of different bulbs. Both incandescent and LED. The closest I can determine to fit the function bulbs up top is the E10 bulb. The rest I've never done on a 2000 series.

Here' the parts list for bulbs for the 2000X. 2000A is similar.

 

[Ron Z]

Thanks for getting back. yes there are 6 lamps across the top and 4 tiny lamps in that soft case underneath. The are hardwired and bulbs cant be removed. May have to leave this to the professionals as I don't want to start cutting wires as they look to be soldered and daisy chained together in some manner. The top bulbs are very tough to get to and like I said, the led's I was sent that I bought on Ebay seem to break apart as soon as you screw them in. Very very fragile. They supposed to be that way? Maybe I just replace with incandescent or simply bring it somewhere for service. I like the unit. Its seems more powerful that the claimed 30 or 38 watts/channel even driving AR-4x.