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From: Bapchild, Kent, UK
Registered: May 2004
posted April 06, 2018 12:59 AM
Thank you for the update - that will explain the regular scraping sound then Stuart - just curious but was the projector once stored in a damp location - any evidence of rust or brown dust inside the lower rear casing?
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From: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Registered: Feb 2009
posted April 06, 2018 01:10 AM
Good question Kev, I don't recall seeing anything like that when I had the back off, but then again who knows what the machine was subject to in the nigh-on 30 years before I got it? Would you think a damp environment would cause the brushes to corrode and fall apart? Excuse my ignorance but are they like the wee brushes you used to get on the underside of a Scalextric car?
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From: Bapchild, Kent, UK
Registered: May 2004
posted April 06, 2018 01:45 AM
I was thinking along those lines Stuart - I have never had the need to strip a motor on a 16CL so don't know if they are carbon or wire brushes - I've owned seven of them in the past (six halogen and one Xenon) and recall the Xenon has a different motor to the halogen versions.
You are right all sorts could have happened to any of our projectors they are old now and could once have been a bit rusty not just dusty!
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From: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Registered: Feb 2009
posted April 06, 2018 04:01 AM
Indeed, I have (or rather Bill does) a Xenon too but the motor is kaput with zero chance of finding a replacement anywhere on the planet it seems.
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From: Rajburana, Bangkok, Thailand
Registered: Aug 2017
posted April 06, 2018 05:10 AM
Had that 16-CL once in the past. As far as I remembered it uses induction motor,hence no brush to worn out/binding. So what caused the noise? I frankly don't know.
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From: Flint Mi 48506
Registered: Dec 2007
posted April 06, 2018 07:43 AM
Greetings Stuart Seeing that you live in the UK This must be a 250 volt motor? I have a 120 volt one for sale for the 16 cl Refurbished $100.00 plus shipping
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From: Worthing, West Sussex, UK
Registered: Feb 2009
posted April 06, 2018 04:38 PM
Hi Rich, yes I'm UK based so would presumably need a 240v motor. By the way are you talking about the xenon or standard version?