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Old 5th Jul 2022, 3:39 pm   #20
Bigears
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Default Re: EAR De-Luxe Record Player

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Originally Posted by Edward Huggins View Post
You need to replace that Plessey yellow/red cap. Remove the 2 metal contact-cooled rectifiers and the burned resistor. Then as suggested in Post #12, add a diode and a 150 ohm 10 watt resistor. This record player is capable of giving 6-8 watts of extremely good sound - especially through that large EMI 9" x 5" speaker. However, do bear in mind that it will run quite hot due to its design.
Edward the Yellow/Red cap is red at one end and Black at the other I cant see any markings to state which is Negative or positive
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