Recent content by wattsabundant

Nylon is easily cross threaded.

I've got an Advent 300 receiver that I'm fixing for a friend. It uses TO220 outputs with insulators and nylon screws. I'd like to use complimentary isolated tab devices in place of 2N6487 and 2N6490 so as to eliminate the nylon screw. Suggestions?.

Several years ago I developed a circuit board to avoid damaging the grossly undersized power switch on the 700/700B's. The 700II has a better switch but replacing them, if one can be found is not a walk in the park. I just listed the switch upgrade on EBAY. 700 Power switch upgrade. During...

I'll be happy to take them off your hands and recondition them for future use.

I have the same style humidor, only slightly larger. It doesn't seal very well. Instead I use Tupperware low profile containers lined with cedar sheets and the humi-packs. Living in Ohio I usually lay off the cigars during the winter.

I agree. I keep a bottle of liquid flux and a jar of paste handy all of the time, For those instances I use 99% alcohol to clean them. For most jobs I use the water soluble flux when the piece can go to the sink.

I also buy Pomona MDP's in bulk. For home use and permanent install they're great. Decades ago I worked at a pro audio shop. One day a guy brought his rack back after I had repaired his 400. He was upset because one channel was dead. I looked at the back of the rack and showed him that the...

A wise person buys 10's in bulk, (1/4" and 3/8 drive including deep and shallow sockets) and stashes them everywhere.

I use water soluble flux and go to the sink.

Although the compliments are much appreciated, it is the hundreds of people here who check their egos at the door and contribute their accumulated wisdom that make this site a must read.

If any of the 700/400 xfmr's failed it would be an exception. They are the basic E/I steel lamination type and there is little reason to expect failures even at high power applications.

It's not likely the parts vendor info was ever made public as the repair people could use other sources and avoid the P/L markup .

What does the inverter waveform look like? Modified square wave? PWM?

I registered as a P/L repair facility around March of 1983. I requested manuals and received everything available at that time including a 37 page "SERVICE DEPARTMENT PARTS LISTING" dated 3/1/83. Ed, I'll scan the list and send it to you. Please message me with an email address. From 1978...

The 4000 preamp is a nightmare. It will have at least 100 cracked solder joints on the mother board. The RCA jacks are brittle and break easy. Don't bother plugging it in until you reflow the pins. Bring up the amplifier with the light bulb test set. Anything that has set, unused, for a...