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    Flashing Display On Controller

    Hi wizards, I recently pulled an old Elation Magic 260 DMX controller out of storage after probably 10 or 12 years and decided to check it out for functionality. On power up the display does not light up at all and I am just getting a very dim flash on the top row of characters, nothing else. I...
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    Size discrepancy in 15R 330W Platinum Lamps

    Hi all, I've encountered an issue whilst checking a non-striking 330 Watt moving head. The unit starts up fine, goes through the "RESET" and "HOMING" process but there is no lamp strike. Simple enough problem right? Faulty lamp or ballast. When checking this sort of problem I normally swap out...
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    Optical Sensor Issue

    Hi guys, I need some advice on a problematic moving head unit. So......I pulled four of these units out of storage after two years to give them a little test run seeing that things are getting a little active (until the next wave) and three worked fine but on one unit I'm getting a bouncing and...
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    Low DC Voltage Output On U-Frame Power Supply

    Hi wizards! Me again. With another power supply problem. I've been very quiet for a while because of the pandemic but I recently started tinkering again so here's my new problem. I have two identical power supplies that have two different problems. The power supplies are 90~130VAC input and two...
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    Help to identify fan terminal type

    Hi guys, I'm changing out some fans and I'd like to replace the terminal connectors but I'm not sure of the type. My Google Foo points towards an SM-3A auto electrical connector but I'd like to get a second and third opinion. The image shows both types, a 3 pin and a larger 4 pin. Although what...
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    Voltage Regulator Problem on Moving Head mainboard

    Hi guys, I have a problematic moving head with non-functioning shutter, focus and zoom stepper motors. There is one specific mainboard that drives these stepper motors and the 28VDC coming into this PCB is fine so I'm guessing it's the voltage regulator that's feeding the stepper motors and the...
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    Problem on high voltage leg on triple output power supply.

    He guys. Me again. I am in need of assistance once again with two AC/DC power supplies. The power supplies I would like to repair are 80VAC-120VAC Input ~ 390VDC/36VDC/24VDC output and I'm getting very high DC voltages (at start up, 160VDC then climbing steadily to over 430VDC) on one power...
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    Help identifying film capacitor value

    Hey guys, I have an old (read ancient) 120VAC Tripplite voltage regulator that recently went up in smoke. When I opened it up, a varistor and a film capacitor bridged across the live and neutral legs on one of the Edison receptacles were completely burnt out. The adjacent receptacle was fine so...
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    Triple output power supply blowing main fuse

    Hi Wizards, I've got two filed units with blown power supplies. I've swapped out the power supplies in the units with new power supplies but I want to attempt to repair the blown power supplies. They are 120VAC ~ 24VDC/36VDC/380VDC and the 24VDC leg drives cooling fans, the 36VDC drives the main...
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    Voltage fluctuation on 12VDC/24VDC dual output P/S

    Hey wizards, I had a couple non-functioning LED PAR's with blown power supplies which I replaced. I checked out the faulty power supplies and I am did not see anything faulty except for a scorched resistor (23ohm??), highlighted in yellow in the image so I replaced it but the output voltages...
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    Power Issue?

    Hi Wizards, I'm having a little issue with a dimming console and I haven't been able to pinpoint the problem. I used this unit last weekend and it worked fine but I tried powering it up afterwards and there was no display and all the LED's were flashing constantly. I disassembled the unit and...
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    Help!! Wiring solution needed.

    Hey guys!! I've gotten a pair of old used fog machines from a friend's club and, by the process of gutting out and testing, I've managed to get one of them fully functional (to an extent) by cannibalizing parts off of the other. The heater heats up and cuts off in a timely manner, all function...
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    MYRRA 44969 (conforms to 61558-2-6)

    Hi guys, I'm checking a dead DMX output on a Martin RS-485 DMX splitter and I've got a dead 120VAC~10VAC Myrra 44969 isolation transformer. I've searched online at DigiKey, FuturLec and AllElectronics with no positive results. Any ideas where I can source this P/S? Thanks!!
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    Dim output on one color on LED PAR

    Well, first let me say it's been quite a while since I posted and the change up of the website took me by surprise and it took me a while to find out how to add a new thread but here I am. I have some LED PAR's in my lighting rig and one of them recently developed a problem. The units are 18 x...
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    Brother P-Touch Labeller not powering up

    Hi Wizards! I have a Brother labeller that died on me and I would really like to get it functional again. I've opened up the unit but I am in no way knowledgeable about how these units work. The unit receives 12VDC power from a wall wart and I am receiving 12VDC coming into the main PCB from...
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    15R Lamp Ballast. Worth trying to repair?

    Hi wizards! I suffer from occasional lamp ballast failure in my moving heads carrying 189W Phillips Platinum 5R lamps and 330W 15R lamps. The normal problems are ballast failure and lamp failure (lamps are rated at 2000 Hrs for the 5R so this issue is rare). The ballasts are fed by a power...
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    RGB Laser Power Board Issue

    Hi all, I have a 1/2 watt RGB laser that was purchased quite a few years ago and it was DOA. Because of this, and a lack of spare time to fiddle, it's been packed up in it's flight case all this time and I basically was using the flight case as a trolley/workbench for other units being repaired...
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    Martin MX-4 scanner issue

    Hi wizards, I need a little feedback on an issue I'm having with a Martin MX-4 scanner. I acquired four of these very old discontinued units (Circa 1999) and each one had issues that I have resolved after troubleshooting them one by one. The major issue I've encountered was malfunctioning TILT...
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    Eprom available?

    Hi wizards, I'm troubleshooting some old discontinued Elation moving heads and I've narrowed down the problem to the eproms on one of the main pcb's, an ATMEL8515. I'm finding these eproms on Digi-Key but, from past conversations in this forum, I was made to understand that these eproms are...
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    Microcontroller replaceable?

    Hi wizards, I'm trying to resolve some problems I'm having with some olddd Martin MX-4 scanners. I'm having some problems with 2 of the 4 units that I use. I removed all the ULN2803 drivers from the pcb's of all 4 units and installed IC sockets on all the pcb's so that I can swap around the...
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