QUAD 405 bodge...

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#1 QUAD 405 bodge...

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Just noticed this:

Grief....
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Oh I get it, replacing two TO3's
 
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Mike H wrote:Oh I get it, replacing two TO3's
More than that - the cr*ppy wiring and the resulting explosion... :)
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nickds1 wrote:
Mike H wrote:Oh I get it, replacing two TO3's
More than that - the cr*ppy wiring and the resulting explosion... :)
I thought you had done a full rebuild ? :?
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pre65 wrote:
nickds1 wrote:
Mike H wrote:Oh I get it, replacing two TO3's
More than that - the cr*ppy wiring and the resulting explosion... :)
I thought you had done a full rebuild ? :?
I trust that was a joke :)

My full rebuild was IMMACULATE (see http://www.desmith.net/NMdS/Electronics ... rades.html) - this was another one that I was asked to look at after some nutter had had a go at it. :evil:
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Ah, I see. That was not made clear. :wink:
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Yes I thought exactly the same! Thought it was his own :lol:
 
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nickds1 wrote:
Mike H wrote:Oh I get it, replacing two TO3's
More than that - the cr*ppy wiring and the resulting explosion... :)
Sorry hadn't looked that closely but see what you mean yeh can see the scorched bits now. And what looks like a hole in the tranny top left
 
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Having seen Nick's pictures before I did know it was not something he would do.

Or were you two just teasing?
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Paul Barker wrote: Or were you two just teasing?
Moi ? :wink:
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Seriously I thought it was one he'd bought and had only just opened it Image
 
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