"Geo" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 May 2010 17:28:20 +0100, "Arfa Daily"
wrote:


It definitely says "Rega Planar 3" at the top front right corner, although
it's hard to see as the letters are just black 'shininess' within the
black
satin anodised finish of the cabinet. Underneath, directly under the
motor,
is a cover secured by two screws, When this is removed, the motor and a
small PCB are revealed. The PCB has just two components on it - the burnt
up
R, which is a large 'film' type, I guess something like about 5mm diameter
and 20mm or so long, and the 0.22u 400v cap, which is one of those green
MKT
monobloc types. These two components are mounted 'on the slant' on the
board. The mains comes in, and the neutral is joined immediately to two
grey
wires from the motor. The live leaves the board again on a white wire
which
goes to the on / off switch at the front top left of the deck. Live
returns
to the board on another white, and goes to the motor red lead via the
burnt
up resistor. The cap is between the red lead and the remaining blue lead.
Doesn't sound much like the example that you're looking at, eh ?

How about this version from mine - looks like a 15k 5% (old 2-5w carbon?)
http://www.8zero.co.uk/planar.jpg


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Geo

Yes, that's closer - although still not quite the same configuration. It's
actually a different motor in yours, but the supply still goes to the red
via the resistor, and the cap still appears to be between red and blue, and
the same value, although a different type. Based on that, I think I'm going
to start with 15k now, and see if the motor runs, and if it does, if it has
enough torque to drive the platter.

Thanks very much for taking the trouble to post me the piccy. Appreciated.

Arfa