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Tandy01 · 23rd Jul 2019, 5:15 pm

Afternoon all,

I have a really strange fault with the rewind on my machine: With the chassis removed from the case it works perfectly on pressing the stop button, or when it gets to the end of the tape. I have the power leads connected, but the signal leads are too short to connect with it out of the case.

With it in the case, (and the signal leads connected) the solenoid engaging rewind randomly oscillates, making an awful racket.

I thought this might be the LDR tape end sensor somehow getting illuminated by reflections from the box, so I connected a switch to disconnect the LDR. The problem remains, so I can only think the problem must be to do with the signal leads in some way.

Any thoughts?

23rd Jul 2019, 5:15 pm	#1
Tandy01 Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Posts: 6	Schaub Lorenz 5001 help needed Afternoon all, I have a really strange fault with the rewind on my machine: With the chassis removed from the case it works perfectly on pressing the stop button, or when it gets to the end of the tape. I have the power leads connected, but the signal leads are too short to connect with it out of the case. With it in the case, (and the signal leads connected) the solenoid engaging rewind randomly oscillates, making an awful racket. I thought this might be the LDR tape end sensor somehow getting illuminated by reflections from the box, so I connected a switch to disconnect the LDR. The problem remains, so I can only think the problem must be to do with the signal leads in some way. Any thoughts?