GE M935AWL restoration

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by Yamamaya42

The right hand side of R204 needs attention it looks like, where the red wire is hooked, Terminal block looks dark, as does the resistor lead, i replaced the entire thing on mine, new Terminal block with a 20w resistor

no where near as bad a mine was! :P
http://suzaku.live-evil.org/burned.jpg

Looks OK to me and measures dead on.

[Yamamaya42]

Originally Posted by bandersen

Looks OK to me and measures dead on.

So did mine, but it's a high stress point, due to the heat and oxidation, it will fail sooner or later, not quite as bad as the bleeder nets in the old RCA BW types, but you may want to deal with it now while you have the chassis out, then having to do it again a year or so later, cause due to the heat involved, it will go at some time in the future.

And a new terminal block which I'm sure you have on hand, + this, https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail...52Bhysvw%3D%3D is worth the investment to having to put it apart later if you can avoid it,

Consider it preventive maintenance, all color sets seem to have a 18+ watt resistor in them in the voltage divider, winch always seems to roast the resistor and the tie points, I always make it a point to replace these with slightly higher wattage ones and new terminal blocks when I re-cap, even if they check OK, cause I don't want to be bitten by it later.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by Yamamaya42

...And a new terminal block which I'm sure you have on hand...

Why would I replace the terminal strip? It's pristine.

[Yamamaya42]

Originally Posted by bandersen

Why would I replace the terminal strip? It's pristine.

I could not see it very clearly.

mine was toasted!