ARCHIVED FORUM -- March 2012 to February 2022READ ONLY FORUM
This is the second Archived Forum which was active between 1st March 2012 and 23rd February 2022
The tonearm was not lowering due to sticky and gunky old joints in my old 4002. I removed the solenoid, damper, etc. Got it all cleaned and lubricated and put together and it was working perfectly.
On about my 3rd album, the tonearm popped up about halfway through and I smelled that dreaded electrical smell. Upon inspection, my solenoid was melting The yellow wrap had turned brown and it was very hot.
I disconnected the solenoid and checked the voltage in the "down" position and it was around 31V. DC. But then I noticed resistor 56 smoking. This is a model 5503 (AC motor).
What a mess. What went wrong?