[TechAssist] Re: Winstips Correction

  • From: Ed Gaidies <teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 19:40:46 -0400

Those are the ones...
I guess they must have had a few good diodes to last this long. I had 
forgotten the designation number, and just noticed the designation 
numbers were wrong in Winstips.
        But you're right...not too many of those units left in service.

-Ed-
On Sunday, May 12, 2002, at 03:20 PM, J Silverman wrote:

>
> That must be the Samsung-made units with the bad 1N4001 rectifiers that
> would open under load and check good when cold. I am surprised that 
> there
> are any still around where the original parts had not failed a long time
> ago. Those are run-of-the-mill general purpose 1 amp rectifiers all 
> used at
> low voltage so it is hard to find a rectifier that will not replace 
> them.
> Anything out of the junk box will work. You can get 1N4001 rectifiers 
> for a
> few pennies in quantities of a hundred or more. We used to just buy a 
> reel
> of 5000 1N4005 rectifiers (same thing except 700 volt) for about $50 
> and use
> them for all the general purpose applications.
> Jerry Silverman
> Greentron Inc
> 4 Newland Ave
> Greenville SC 29609
> 864 232 3889
> Fax 271 2080
> mailto:greentron@xxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phillip R. Hull" <phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 10:29 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Winstips Correction
>
>
>>
>> Actually you were supposed  to replace a 7 Diode Kit,  but I'm home and
>> don't remember the part # of Kit
>> Phillip R. Hull
>> phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "AAAA TECH-ASSIST" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 4:31 PM
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Winstips Correction
>>
>>
>>>
>>> For you guys that are using Winstips, The tip for VR335, for tape will
> not
>>> load. The correct fix should be D112 and D114....not D111 and D112.
>>> Hate to see someone miss a repair for this.
>>> Found this accidentally, but most of you guys knew that these were 
>>> the 2
>>> diodes mounted up and down on the PC board.
>>>
>>> -Ed-
>>> Tel-Tek Electronics
>>> Midland, Ont. Canada.
>>> teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
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