24-09-2021, 07:03 PM
Well, it didn't start off too good today. The gardener/builder didn't do what we really wanted, charged me 1.5K over the quote and left me to finish it off. But thing's improved, I sold on ebay a Cossor 501ac I'd restored and then I thought I'd have another go at the Cadet. I disconnected the motor but the limiter still lit so I measured some voltages, the rectifier inputs looked rather close to the casing so I bent them straight and took the voltage, 175v, don't know if that's what it's supposed to be but I noticed the limiter was not glowing!, I put the ECL82 back in and re-connected the motor, valve lights up & motor spins, turned the volume up and brushed the stylus, noise from the speaker!. So was it all just a bent pin on the rectifier?. Lesson learnt= do a THOUROUGH physical check first!. I need to replace the motor mounting bushes, I'm going to fabricate something from cable input grommets, I'm sorting out a replacement idler wheel rubber from a plumbing stockist and I need to check the cartridge stylus, it looks like a chisel!!. Then good clean up, re-furb' the case and I'll post the result. Many thank's for everyone's input.
