[Jukebox-list] overlooking the obvious

[Wesley Dean]

    Rick, if you try to write down everything that can malfunction on a 
juke, the memo will have more pages and words than War and Peace. I 
seriously doubt that you will ever forget your experience with this juke. If 
you cannot learn how a juke works, you will have to rely on trouble shooting 
charts that were written when the juke was new, not thirty years later when 
unheard things happen on virgin boxes. Wes
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gibson510 at charter.net>
To: <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:45 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] overlooking the obvious


I had been working on this Topaz off and on for a couple months. I had even 
posted some requests for help regarding selection problems and what i had 
thought to be an issue with the red box. Ron and Tony were both kind enough 
to offer suggestions but still to no avail I could not get a handle on this 
problem. I was getting so worked up over it that I actually had to walk away 
from it for a couple days. Well the long and short of it is this. The last 
time that I had pulled the PPC out (again) to check it out i noticed that 
the input cable for the tormat had gotten caught on the fluorescent bulb 
socket. I caught it before i pulled it out completely. On closer inspection 
i noticed that the center conductor had broke off at the base of the 
connector. But it was so close to the plug that at first glance it appeared 
to be fine. I unsoldered the old piece of wire, dressed out the end and 
resoldered and Voila, makes selections perfectly now. I sat back for a 
minute listening to it play and i started to laugh at myself thinking how 
silly i was for getting mad before at this machine. I also wrote this all 
down in my notes in case i ever get another one. I'm sure the veterans have 
seen and heard this all before but i just wanted to share my experience with 
you all. Thanks to everyone on this list who shares juke knowledge. I guess 
the Topaz wont be retiring in my shop after all.

Rick
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