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Topic: Elmo GS-800 Stops
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Paul Browning
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1006
From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted December 09, 2013 10:13 AM
Hi Maurice, Sorry, just to clarify, where those plugs push onto the boards, the pins making the connections which are soldered onto the PCB, check those soldered joints under side of the board, they do go dry jointed and crack around the joints, making and braking the connections as the board is moved around within the fixing. Its not that obvious when you look at them either, I generally remove all old solder too, this way you will get a fresh clean re-soldered joint.
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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted January 22, 2014 07:03 PM
I think the case can be made that Elmo's have more problems than Eumigs. My two GS1200'S both need periodic repairs of one kind or another, particulary switches and relays. IMO the GS is probably too complex for its own good. A case of the more bells and whistles you have, the more to go wrong. On the other hand I have never had to do any electronic repairs on any of my many Eumig projectors. Eumig electronics seem to be utterly reliable, and they seem to have used top quality soldering on their circuit boards. And my Eumig lenses have not fogged up like some of my Elmo lenses have, so Eumig apparently used higher quality optical coatings than Elmo. Eumigs designs are simple (in a very brilliant way) compared with the complex Elmo's, and simple is good. Please excuse my obvious bias!
-------------------- The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection, Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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