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Author Topic: Very Strange AW-3 LED Adjustment Problem Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-21-2010 10:17 PM                     One customer's AW-3 has developed a very strange problem. When I go to adjust the LED level the top and middle deck LED adjustments interact and there is little to no change at all on the bottom deck adjutment. The problem is not in LED card, I tried a different one. Does anyone out there have a schematic available? I do know one exists and It would help to see what is commoned and what is not in terms o the LED lines. Thanks! Mark  |  IP: Logged Michael Voiland Expert Film Handler Posts: 219 From: Naperville, IL US Registered: Aug 2009 posted 05-22-2010 02:12 AM                     iceco has a newer manual then the film tech site http://iceco.com/Christie/ChristieAW3R.pdf page 74  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-22-2010 07:36 AM                     Strictly just a guess on my part but I would suspect something wrong with the power supply. Wasn't there an issue with the fourth power control card in some Christie platters? I'm not sure. I seem to remember something about that. The only thing I can think of is to swap modules around to see if the problem moves.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-22-2010 08:45 AM                     Was able to get the schematic last night off the Christie Partner Portal. I have swapped LED cards around and it's not that. I am thinking it may a short or open to the bottom platter sensor or an open center tap on the transformer. Since the top two LED adjustments interact the open center tap may be likely as it is the common refrence for the LED card. All the transformer does is to light up the lamps in the end of the arms and supply power to the LED card. I'm working on it this morning so will soon know. Mark  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-22-2010 12:43 PM                     Found a badly crimped pin in the LED line for bottom platter in the Molex connector in the column. I had this happen at another location a numberof years back... The platters at both locations would randomly brain wrap.... Thislocation has a miniwind and it would pull the print off set and some times throw the print.  |  IP: Logged Eric Robinson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 538 From: Santa Rosa, CA Registered: Jan 2005 posted 05-24-2010 01:55 PM                     miniwind  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-24-2010 02:57 PM                     Get a ORC or a Strong and have a reel platter  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-24-2010 10:25 PM                     Yes, the booths are too small for full size platters... at least by code. With thinner estar filum the Miniwind isn't as much a limiting factor as it used to be. They run fine. I have no problem with Strong platters. ORC is more or less all for the junk yard though. Mark  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-25-2010 12:55 PM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen I have no problem with Strong platters. Holy shit , Mark must be drinking alot of watered down beer. Maybe got his membership renewed?  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 05-25-2010 02:10 PM                     Mark, I hope that wasn't the Miniwind I sold you a while back... Eric, ain't nothin wrong with the Miniwind...it is perfect if you do rentals like I did for a while, beats trying to lug a full-size platter around (although I would love to have an Eprad Sword instead.) I don't do rentals anymore so it doesn't matter now I guess.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-26-2010 05:11 AM                     I don't think it was Tony. These two came from different sources although both in California. Mark  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 09-27-2012 05:55 PM                 It has been 855 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Giorgio Volpi Film Handler Posts: 51 From: Caracas - Venezuela Registered: Mar 2002 posted 09-27-2012 05:55 PM                     Hi everybody, I'm looking for the components code of 192847-001 or 002 (control sensor assy). Can anybody help? Thanks in advance. Regards, Giorgio .  |  IP: Logged

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