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Posted by Sam Carneiro (Member # 1070) on March 11, 2008, 12:34 AM:

Truly, you gentlemen know how to find the deals!

Alright, so I got a multi-tester, actually one that just lights up red when there is current, and it appears that when I plug it in, every metal part carries a current (or I guess, senses "the presence of power". Sounds like something out of Highlander). I think I got the wrong thing. I got an "electrical tester". Do I want one that shows the actual voltage going through?

I caused a short! A spark and a little puff of smoke went up when I brought the tester near the contacts above the plug, where you are supposed to plug in a lamp. Oops, I'm kind of a fool when it comes to this stuff yet, I hope I didn't damage it further. I think I melted the solder on the contact a little, but it looks like it's still connected.

Okay, now UNPLUGGED I think it might be around either the switch area (none of the metal points behind the switch faceplate seem to be getting any charge) or the actual plug inputs are very very loose, where you plug in the power cord, and when I wiggled them a bit the LED became intermittent.

Actually, the big thick red box in the top center (what's that called?) the wires coming in from the left side: there is a set of 2 green and 2 red ones together, and a fatter red one on the bottom that seems to run to the bulb (?); there is a charge detected on the 2 green and 2 red wires, but NOT the big fat red one. Could that be a problem, somewhere in the red box? Would that account for no power getting anywhere on the machine?

Alright, so my questions:
1. should I get a multi tester that reads the voltage?
2. how do I get into the plug part in the back?
3. how do I check out that red box? take off the 4 little bolts?

I am afraid of breaking this beautiful thing! But I guess any minor damage I do can be repaired. Sorry for the rambling, but I am confused. Any answers you have would be helpful! Thanks!

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