Speedball Problem

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Offline lazybill

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on: January 10, 2012, 11:45:59 AM
Installed the Speedball upgrade today.  It worked out better than the initial Crack  but still having some problems.  After checking for possible bad solder joints and and miswireing I turned it on.  The fuse held, tubes lit up but there was a terrible noise in the output after connecting the hps.  I turned it over and found  that although the leds on the big Speedball board were working none on the two small boards were.  There was only one led on the 9-pin tube working.  Checked the voltages and found the following:  Terminal 1-0(75).terminal 2 180,terminal  4 180,terminal 5 89(75),  terminal 6 0, terminal 7 60 (100),terminal 9 115 (100). Nine pin tube A6 0 (75), a8 .19(1.5).  Eight pin  tube b1 0(75),b3 60(100).  Excuse the mess here I didn't know how to put it in a column.  I would seem that there is a lack of power to the small boards from terminal one but I don't see any wirering that looks out of place and connections seem good.  I guess its possible I fried a transistor but I really took precautions so that wouldn't happen.  Suggestions please.
Thanks Bill



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Reply #1 on: January 10, 2012, 11:59:57 AM
Check for 2N2222A resistors being swapped with 2N2907s. 2222s should be on big board under 6080, 2907s should be on small boards. Are LEDs in correct orientation?

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Reply #2 on: January 10, 2012, 12:46:42 PM
Thanks Doc'.  I guess I cried wolf to soon.  I took off the small boards and checked them again and lo and behold the center connecter on one of the transistors wasn't soldered.  I don't know how I could have missed it as I tried to be very methodical about that.  Sounds great!
Thanks again, Bill