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Philip Pemberton
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Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:
Wanted: Solartron 7150 Plus service manual / disassembly ins |
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Hi,
My Solartron 7150plus has just gone up in a puff of smoke - I was watching
the meter, then I looked away for a few seconds and it started hissing and
grey smoke started pouring out the back (around the mains connector).
Does anyone have a copy of the service manual for this beast? The T&M
dealers I've talked to have copies of the 7150 manual, but not the 7150plus
one. I need a copy of the disassembly instructions and schematics.
Solartron Analytical did offer to sell me a copy of the manual.. for £100.
Far too expensive IMO, especially when the meter only cost me £50.
Thanks,
Phil.
philpem@despammed.com <<-- valid email address
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
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Geo
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:21 am Post subject:
Re: Wanted: Solartron 7150 Plus service manual / disassembly |
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:30:51 +0100, Philip Pemberton <philpem@despammed.com>
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| Quote: | Hi,
My Solartron 7150plus has just gone up in a puff of smoke - I was watching
the meter, then I looked away for a few seconds and it started hissing and
grey smoke started pouring out the back (around the mains connector).
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Does it still work?
Geo |
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Philip Pemberton
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:35 am Post subject:
Re: Wanted: Solartron 7150 Plus service manual / disassembly |
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In message <k1o6h1pg3gmgm2fgrs1k4bimoco0ag8cr6@4ax.com>
Geo <hy1k-hwia@dea.spamcon.org> wrote:
| Quote: | My Solartron 7150plus has just gone up in a puff of smoke - I was
watching
the meter, then I looked away for a few seconds and it started hissing and
grey smoke started pouring out the back (around the mains connector).
Does it still work?
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Yeah, but the mains filter is utterly cooked. Looks like a capacitor vented,
then ignited. I just spent an hour cleaning all the brown goo off the power
supply board with isopropyl and Qtips. Thankfully the metal can more-or-less
contained the damage - I just had to clean up the smoke residue.
Looks like I need to get a new mains inlet module though - the meter had a
Schaffner FN372-2/21 fitted and the only distributor I can find has the FN37x
series listed as discontinued (they only supply to businesses anyway).
I'm going to see if I can get in touch with someone at Schaffner UK who can
provide me with the details of someone that can supply me with a
replacement... I don't want 500 of them, I want one!
At least the meter still passes the powerup self-test... I'd still like a
service manual though, just in case something goes wrong later. Nice to see
that it hasn't needed any repair work though - all the chips have 1988
datecodes, which makes it about 17 years old. Heh.
Later.
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Phil. | Acorn RiscPC600 SA220 64MB+6GB 100baseT
philpem@philpem.me.uk | Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxe R2 512MB+100GB
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Geo
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:35 am Post subject:
Re: Wanted: Solartron 7150 Plus service manual / disassembly |
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:35:08 +0100, Philip Pemberton <philpem@despammed.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | Yeah, but the mains filter is utterly cooked. Looks like a capacitor vented,
then ignited. I just spent an hour cleaning all the brown goo off the power
supply board with isopropyl and Qtips. Thankfully the metal can more-or-less
contained the damage - I just had to clean up the smoke residue.
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That what I guessed - could not remember if it had IEC type filter or individual
430V caps.
Geo |
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Philip Pemberton
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:35 am Post subject:
Re: Wanted: Solartron 7150 Plus service manual / disassembly |
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In message <u0u6h1l88gnbqvqur8keenienva0r82his@4ax.com>
Geo <hy1k-hwia@dea.spamcon.org> wrote:
| Quote: | That what I guessed - could not remember if it had IEC type filter or individual
430V caps.
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A Schaffner FN372-2/21 IEC filter module.
I've been told there may have been a duff batch made in the late 80s that got
recalled. If that is the case.... Hmm...
Later.
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Phil. | Acorn RiscPC600 SA220 64MB+6GB 100baseT
philpem@philpem.me.uk | Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxe R2 512MB+100GB
http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Panasonic CF-25 Mk.2 Toughbook
No software patents! <http://www.eff.org/> / <http://www.ffii.org/>
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