Perhaps you realize that overall it is not wise to cure a problem with fuses blowing by inserting a much larger capacity fuse. So first you blew a 125 mA fuse and then you were able to blow a 500 mA fuse. I would stop right there. Perhaps so far you were lucky and have done no damage. But now you need to find out why the motor is pulling so much current. One question is whether 125 mA or even 500 mA was the original value of that fuse, in a unit that is so old. It is possible that somewhere along the way someone replaced a larger fuse with a too small 125mA fuse. In which case there would be nothing wrong with your unit except the fuse current rating. See if you can find an owners manual that states what that fuse value should be. Is my suggestion. Also, is the motor designed to run on 120 V, assuming you are in the US or another country that uses that standard?
Dual 701 pops fuse.
I recently bought a Dual 701 TT. Cleaned up nice but the T125mA fuse on the power supply board was blown. Put another higher rated fuse to see if it ran, yes it does. Put in a 500mA I had and played for a little while and it popped. So is the .047uF cap the culprit or could the EDS1000 motor be drawing more current than it should. I am not a techie, please keep it simple. Thanks.
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Have you found this site? http://www.fixmydual.com/They may be able to help. That's a fine turntable. |
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