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table turning backwards

Okay, so I am probably an idiot and this is a very easy question to answer I suppose. However, I will ask it anyways. Recently my table, a mmf 2.2, started rotating the platter the wrong way occasionally. I would turn it off and re-start it. Usually that would fix the problem. Now it won't rotate correctly, in that it will only rotate to read the record backwards. I am not aware of any switch that I hit. Does any one have any answers for me.

thanks ash
ashsmith
lewm
13,103 posts
 
Shadorne, That takes the prize for the funniest post I've seen in a long time, and in the process you managed to give good advice: check the capacitor. Also, "reverse the plug" assumes you have a two-prong plug. If so, pull it out of the wall socket, flip it over, and re-insert it. If it's a 3-prong plug, you can usually achieve the same end by using a "cheater plug" adaptor, available from any hardware store. However, my money is on a bad capacitor. (You will see a cap installed right where the AC supply enters into the motor housing. That's the one.)
ashsmith OP
5 posts
 
Hey guys,

a little drunk tonight so great replies. they hit the spot. I reversed the plug because it is two pronged, but helped nothing. i have repeatedly turned it the correct way and switched it on to no avail. I will now revert to conducting a ritual that includes an evil ridding seance and conclude officially that the table does not want paul. however, if it does not want paul, the stake is ready to burn it. I smell an upgrade coming!
mosin
410 posts
 
Kal is right. You probably have a bad capacitor. The issue is ages old, and was known to show up especially on some Thorens models, TD160, TD165, etc.
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