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Garrard 3000 will not start
I was trying to reconnect an ampolifier inside the case of a long unused home-made record player. It was on its side and flipped over. Althought everything looks intact, the motor will now not start. Power is getting as far as a plug that fits into the motor.
I don't know whether to hang on to it or dump it. Who would want it not working? -- Mint 20.04, kernel 5.4.0-42-generic, Cinnamon 4.6.7 running on an AMD Phenom II X4 Black edition processor with 8GB of DRAM. |
Garrard 3000 will not start
On 13/03/2021 19:55, pinnerite wrote:
I was trying to reconnect an ampolifier inside the case of a long unused home-made record player. It was on its side and flipped over. Althought everything looks intact, the motor will now not start. Power is getting as far as a plug that fits into the motor. I don't know whether to hang on to it or dump it. Who would want it not working? The motors are usually simple shaded pole motors. If you're confident power is getting to the motor then I suspect there is a thermal fuse that has aged and let go. It is often semi-accessible within or on the lop layer of winding. Whether it is worth further investigation is your call on its value, sentimental or otherwise. |
Garrard 3000 will not start
pinnerite wrote:
I was trying to reconnect an ampolifier inside the case of a long unused home-made record player. It was on its side and flipped over. Althought everything looks intact, the motor will now not start. Power is getting as far as a plug that fits into the motor. I don't know whether to hang on to it or dump it. Who would want it not working? The video here for Garrand 3000, says there's an idler wheel with rubber on it. The presenter also notes that "many have issues with lubrication". Which means, while in storage, the lubricant may have turned to tar or jelly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8XO_rFeDY There are some turntable designs which were some sort of "direct drive", but many of the others use rubber (belts or whatever). The motor has to spin the turntable, as well as provide motive power for the auto-play function. Paul |
Garrard 3000 will not start
If its one of those with a chunk of iron with the rotor in the middle held
by two bearings they were for getting much in the gap and then they ceased up, Disassemble clean touch of lube in the bearings, reassemble adjust till you can spin it and then try again. Brian -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "T i m" wrote in message ... On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:55:29 +0000, pinnerite wrote: I was trying to reconnect an ampolifier inside the case of a long unused home-made record player. It was on its side and flipped over. Althought everything looks intact, the motor will now not start. Power is getting as far as a plug that fits into the motor. I don't know whether to hang on to it or dump it. Who would want it not working? Have you tried giving the motor a spin with your fingers when it's powered up? Cheers, T i m |
Garrard 3000 will not start
The only ones with that fuse link I can recall were the ones in the Phillips
early vcrs or those that used the motor also as a transformer to power a low power amplifier, in both cases the motors tended to run a lot hotter due to the way they were used, in the former case speed control was via a brake like a reverse linear motor and hence they got very hot, in the second, there moor was not exactly efficient as a transformer! Brian -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Fredxx" wrote in message ... On 13/03/2021 19:55, pinnerite wrote: I was trying to reconnect an ampolifier inside the case of a long unused home-made record player. It was on its side and flipped over. Althought everything looks intact, the motor will now not start. Power is getting as far as a plug that fits into the motor. I don't know whether to hang on to it or dump it. Who would want it not working? The motors are usually simple shaded pole motors. If you're confident power is getting to the motor then I suspect there is a thermal fuse that has aged and let go. It is often semi-accessible within or on the lop layer of winding. Whether it is worth further investigation is your call on its value, sentimental or otherwise. |
Garrard 3000 will not start
On 13/03/2021 19:55, pinnerite wrote:
I was trying to reconnect an ampolifier inside the case of a long unused home-made record player. It was on its side and flipped over. Althought everything looks intact, the motor will now not start. Power is getting as far as a plug that fits into the motor. I don't know whether to hang on to it or dump it. Who would want it not working? picture would help. Probably needs a new starter cap? -- The lifetime of any political organisation is about three years before its been subverted by the people it tried to warn you about. Anon. |
Garrard 3000 will not start
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... On 13/03/2021 19:55, pinnerite wrote: I was trying to reconnect an ampolifier inside the case of a long unused home-made record player. It was on its side and flipped over. Althought everything looks intact, the motor will now not start. Power is getting as far as a plug that fits into the motor. I don't know whether to hang on to it or dump it. Who would want it not working? picture would help. Probably needs a new starter cap? Those motors dont have starter caps. |
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