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Author Topic: AW-3 LED & Control Card Upgrade? Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 05-13-2009 01:26 PM                     I have several Christie AW-3 platter decks that use the old style incandescant bulb & CDS photocell for speed control. One of them is begining to have problems. If I recall, there's a kit available to upgrade the assembly to a newer type using an IR LED & Photosensor. But some quick searching online has turned up no usable info for me. Has anyone who has done this upgrade tell me: > Does the 'kit' include parts to do all 3 decks? > Is it necessary to also upgrade the control cards or will the old ones work with the new LED units? > If new control cards are necessary, were they included in the "kit" or did they need to be purchased seperately? Thanks for any info you can give me.  |  IP: Logged Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 05-13-2009 02:32 PM                     Uh-oh!!!!!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-13-2009 05:34 PM                     We stock them and I've done a bunch of them in the field. Set up is slightly different. The kit comes with instructions. I can't say exactly how much the kit is but it is a 100% improvement over the sensors with CDS cells. Platters also seem to have slightly better dynamics to them after conversion. Mark  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-13-2009 07:01 PM                     No, don't buy them. They are a disaster. Keep the old photocells. If you have a problem with one of them, Christie still makes them if you ask for them.  |  IP: Logged Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 05-13-2009 07:48 PM                     Who didn't see this coming??  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-13-2009 08:48 PM                     Next time just save me the hassle and let them know Richard.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 05-13-2009 10:33 PM                     I put one of these in a short time ago because I got fed up with the poor operation of the regular sensor.. it wasn't bad, but it didn't run any better at all. Most of the AW3's run great, but the few that don't are real nightmare. I'm thinking about making a fixture to test the regualr CDS cells/LEDs to pre-test somehow them to find ones that work before installing them.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-14-2009 08:27 AM                     I have had zero problems with the new kits!!! While they may not be speed accurate enough to suit Brad, they do work well and they don't become intermittent as the CDS cells do. Mark  |  IP: Logged

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