Linda - Rode hard and abused

[laatsch55]

Second that! Lookin good!!

 

[Northwinds]

Yep nice!

 

[Oldskoolfan]

Thanks Joe. Got the control board Monday. Started loading it today.

 

[gene french]

GEAUX!!!!

 

[Oldskoolfan]

Linda rode hard and Linda gettin ready for the Rock n Roll party! Another week and I'll have her in the system.

 

[Vintage 700b]

Very Nice, you truly brought that one back from the dead !

 

[Gepetto]

Excellent before and after photo Harold. Nice work!

 

[Oldskoolfan]

Finished Linda today! I have one problem that I can't correct. The right meter has a static charge I can't get rid of. Took the face off and the meter works fine. Put the face on and the needle stays in one place and doesn't move. Swipe my finger across it and it goes where ever I want it to. It's not binding, with the face off I can move it past the needle and it will follow. Tried an anticling dryer sheet and it don't help. Any ideas?

 

[J!m]

Some of the old plasma consoles have analogue gages (Simpson and Triplett) and wearing nitrile gloves and tapping the lens to check meter position will cause them to jump.

Maybe try one of those zero stat guns?

 

[Hexis22]

Take a wet cloth and run over the surface of the meter lens to eliminate static.

The meter should return to normal resting location.

 

[laatsch55]

Bounce dryer sheet, light rub..

 

[bill7621]

I've always found that a zerostat like J!m suggested worked well at removing a static charge from albums and pretty much anything else that built up static charge. A lot of people claim they don't work, but I've gone through 5 of them since the 80's and they all worked great. Try the dryer sheet and wet rag as they don't cost anything though.

 

[Oldskoolfan]

Not sure what fixed it. Cleaned the gunk off thinking the residue from the capacitor might be magnetic. Tried the dryer sheet, popped the front cover and hand washed it with dawn. Shorted the connections and let it sit for a while. Lifted the internal negative lead away from the case...
No one thing seemed to work. Finally installed it for the last time and it started working. Gave it a test tone and matched the meters. All is good...for now.

 

[Oldskoolfan]

Joe Bonnamassa never sounded sooo good.

 

[George S.]

Carbon tracking perhaps.

 

[gene french]

way to go!!!
never give up!!!

 

[mlucitt]

No one thing seemed to work. Finally installed it for the last time and it started working. Gave it a test tone and matched the meters. All is good...for now.

Lee and I found that after listening to the WOPL amplifiers at Mach 10 for about a hour, the meter problem went away on its own.

 

[Oldskoolfan]

Burn in complete. No issues. Didn't even short a cap during discharge (see VAL thread ).
Sorry Sniff, no KABOOM.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Being optimistic.............................

 

[Gepetto]

Burn in complete. No issues. Didn't even short a cap during discharge (see VAL thread ).
Sorry Sniff, no KABOOM.

Hey Harold, glad to see that Linda is good for another 50 years...time to enjoy your nice work.