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  1. Pharaday

    Flasher help

    OK guys, check this out: http://www.bb-armr.com/site/wp-content/uploads/flasher-12-spec.pdf A BNSF railroad worker who stays at a hotel I once worked at gave me one of these. I'me trying to work out that diagram, I get that 1, 2 & S are lights with C being the common ground, maybe probably. To...
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    Stuff I can get but should I?

    Please close and permanently seal this post. The building is gone. The following account is not related to electronics but yall might lol. On the building's final night, I went for 1(one) last stroll inside to get a 1 way mirror I had removed earlier and placed near the door where I could get it...
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    Stuff I can get but should I?

    Yea I connected that loud speaker to my 300 watt amp and lol it's now my center speaker... Hey guys what about a couple of those RF security anti shoplifting gates like at the mall? Any havoc I can wrought with those? got a gallon of mercury from the thermostats heh.... OK, that transmitter says...
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    Stuff I can get but should I?

    Oh here's that........ thing..... that...... AHEM sorry, distracted. Here's that xmitter. unclear writting simply says the patent # and gives info on the factory where it was made. The screws are the type that you cannot unscrew, only tighten, which means this device is hiding secrets from me...
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    Stuff I can get but should I?

    Also, you guys have earned my honesty. I'm not renovating the place. It's about to be torn down and I dont want anything usefull to meet its maker. That type of thing, persuing my own interest has become my job during "these uncertain times", so that part was true, it's a "job"
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    Stuff I can get but should I?

    Oh yea man, I was gonna snag it anyways so it's not pictured, but there is some sort of large control panel marked security downstairs, then upstairs (employees only, please) there is another control panel with a door and key and attached to the whole thing via an I/O cable (looks like VGA but...
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    Stuff I can get but should I?

    So I live in this great little town where nobody gathers good stuff so it's all left to me. I'm helping to renovate this large Walmart type building that has closed. I'm posting a picture of all the stuff that I can get from that building, but I need y'all to let me know if any of it is...
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    Antique "Acoustic" amp needs attention ASAP

    AudioGuru has given input. I'm more confident. In an attempt to locate my issue, I played music until the sound became static, then attempted to plug my "pre amp output" into a seperate amp to test if my pre-amp is ok. The only other amp I have with me is a pair of decent PC speakers with built...
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    Antique "Acoustic" amp needs attention ASAP

    Oh, man, that's killer, you got a sixties amp?! Yeah, completely ignore that. I realized the same thing about the capacitors. I need to disconnect them before I can test them. I'll do 25 Hail Marys for even thinking it. In this amps defense, it spent 50 years precariously not being owned by me...
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    Antique "Acoustic" amp needs attention ASAP

    Look at this old cap I replaced: Look, it's prolapsed. See how that section is poking out from the middle? Is this just how they were made back then? All the 1uF caps are like this. I'm not even 100% sure anything we say is right, without AudioGuru's input...
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    Antique "Acoustic" amp needs attention ASAP

    Full disclosure: I noticed that the LEDs installed were ugly red. I swapped them for blue LEDs, which helped the light coming out to be blue. Matches much better but I still have the same sound issue, If you can imagine!
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    Antique "Acoustic" amp needs attention ASAP

    All on my own I realized that without disconnecting the caps, I cannot test them.... sooooo.... replace them all? My issue crops up No matter which input I use. Does this mean my problem is on a board common to all inputs? Shirley I shouldn't just go replace every replaceable component?
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    Antique "Acoustic" amp needs attention ASAP

    Here's what I got so far: Every diode on this board allowed electricity to flow in both directions. Can I just replace them with any similar glass diode? These three capacitors measured a constant resistance which didn't change. Also, are these inductors in blue? (well, in rust. With blue...
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    Antique "Acoustic" amp needs attention ASAP

    ANDIAMO!!! to be honest, I never thought about searching for the model number printed on the device until one of you guys asked for it. This is great info, guys, thanks...
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    Antique "Acoustic" amp needs attention ASAP

    https://reverb.com/item/2604134-vintage-acoustic-control-model-126-100w-bass-combo-amp-made-in-usa Here's a similar one I found online. This one was going for $400. The model number is 126, S/N: 12600988 Looks like it's sometime in the seventies. Okay, I'll check all the solders and...
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    Antique "Acoustic" amp needs attention ASAP

    So it was a race I had last time between yall and another forum. Just a little fun for us. Let me see if I can get the model from the back here. I have no idea what it is aside from an acoustic amp.
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    Antique "Acoustic" amp needs attention ASAP

    Ok, this is a long one. Antiques are my side hobby. A buddy recently gave me this amp that causes my hobby ven diagram to have overlapping areas. It is clearly old. It had obviously spent some time outside. It had leaves and sand in it but still pumps alot of noise. I need help figuring out...
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    What task does this item perform for society?

    Thanks a bunch, guys! Yall came in 2nd in the race. And I'm glad that movie refference wasn't lost!
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    What task does this item perform for society?

    I followed an ooold rock wall a bit until I came across a tree. Underneath that tree was a rock that had absolutely no business being there whatsoever. I lifted that rock and found this item there. No instructions, no part number. I plugged it into an amp, nothing happened. Has anyone ever seen...
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    Amp driving LED project issue

    Well don't that beat all
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