[Jukebox-list] Aaaaaargh!

[Wesley Dean]

    Ron, I have a triac tester I made for my own use. It consists of three sockets 1- 3 cir., 1- 4 cir, and 1- 5 cir. to plug the triac board into the board has three pushbuttons connected to the gates through 100 ohm 10 watt resistors to fire the triacs and three #313 lamps in the anode circuits to monitor the condition of the triacs. It requires a small 24 VAC transformer to operate. Wes  
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From: "Ron Rich" <ronnnrich at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Aaaaaargh!


Gerald,
  As far as I know, there exists no test for a triac, other than to replace it with a new one. Hopefully someone on the list has a "foolproof" test and will kindly share it with us. They are no harder to replace than a transistor. You also must be concerned with resistor value on the triac board. If I recall correctly, there are some large resistors that tend to change value, or burn out--it's been awhile since I repaired any--
  If you have no experience in component replacement, I suggest you consult a "pro", because if I remember right, those boards are not too heat friendly.
  Ron Rich