Re: Brenell Purchases
Mk. 5 Series 2 Update.
Refitted tape deck for tape transport checks (no tape fitted). Removed amp module to be able to keep an easier track of (monitor) the HT voltage and current.
Cleaned up the burred shaft of the Fast wind control. Found several potential donor grub screws to replace the broken grub screw in the Fast wind control knob, but all fractionally wrong size/incorrect thread, so borrowed the control knob from the Mk. 5
Play works in all 3 speeds and seems strong, 15 ips is noticeably noisy.
FFD and RWD works well and seems strong & pretty quiet.
No obvious sign of the previously measured lowish insulation resistances for the capstan motor run capacitor and the 4 suppression CR snubbers causing any issues.
Playback switch rotation is pretty stiff, if the unit turns out to be a runner will investigate that later.
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