8mm Forum: help with GAF3000S

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Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on October 11, 2007, 08:42 PM:

I went to use this yesterday I was going to test the recording functions when i turned it on nothing happend but i did see some light smoke emit from the back side i quickly unplugged it and took the back off I could not see anything that looked like it fried there is no motor noise just the lamp comes on has anybody had this happend to them with a projector? could it be the transformer? a switch? thanks for any info [Smile]

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on October 12, 2007, 03:44 AM:

The one thing which tends to happen to electronic equipment when its left for a long time is that a capacitor will fail when the machine is fired up.

You will really need to let someone look at it for you thats good at electronics.

Kev.

Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on October 12, 2007, 09:07 AM:

sounds good [Smile]

are these expensive to replace? I did not pay much for it.

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