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Michael Rourke
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 159
From: San Luis Obispo, Central Coast of CA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 05-25-2002 12:11 PM

Okay, this deck would work sporadically, I changed the LED intensity card because there was too much flucuation in the pots. It worked fine for a day now the deck won't work at all! I changed the LED control sensor assembly...nothing, I swapped the motor conrol card from a working deck...nothing, I changed the old motor with a brand new one..nothing. I noticed that the control sensor assembly I put in had a green LED I have never seen these before, would this cause any problems? Do you guys think it might be the resistor? It's practically the only thing I haven't replaced.

Thanks, Mike

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John Westlund
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 204
From: Burney, CA, USA
Registered: Jun 2001

posted 05-25-2002 04:32 PM

We had one of ours die also. Turned out it was the make-up selector switch. Just a thought.
John

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Scott Norwood
Film God

Posts: 8146
From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-25-2002 10:08 PM

Does it work when you control it from the makeup table?

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Randy Stankey
Film God

Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-25-2002 10:34 PM

Don't get mad at me for asking but does the platter have power going to it at all?

I had a theatre call me up, saying that their platter was dead. I couldn't get to them for a couple days because I was way at the other end of my territory, handling another crisis. I had them change out several parts to no avail.

Finally I had to cut loose from my current location and go there.
I checked everything only to find that there was no power. This particular unit was hard wired to the power supply through the console. As it turned out, somebody had gone into the bottom of the colsole (Christie) to change a diode. When there were rooting around in there, they accidentally knocked a wire loose... the wire that feeds power to the platter.

They were a house down for two days, all for the lack of a couple of wire nuts and some electrical tape!

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Stan Gunn
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 176
From: Clematis, in the hills near Melbourne Australia
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 05-26-2002 12:08 AM

try the diode block behind the moter socket.

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