I picked up a Palomar 310m and it would not fire up when keyed. I traced the issue to a component listed on the schematic as a "GIMMICK". It has a capacitor marking on the schematic however no value is specified.
Whatever was there is now burned completely away in this amp. I have tied the lines together without it and the 1K resistor did not like that. Not too bad, not like total PUFF but it will need replaced now. It did key up when I did this. What's a one resistor troubleshot worth? ONE RESISTOR and that is cheap enough for me!
If anyone out there has a Palomar 300 Skipper or 310m and can get me the value of this component it would be appreciated.
This component is located hanging off a wire on the bus strip hanging off the inductor coil that the Load-tune capacitors are tied to. It is a 20Ga wire that has about a 30Ga wire wrapped onto it (Or at least in this amp it was) and then the GIMMICK ties these two lines together.
This is the watt meter feed circuit.
All the schematics of Palomar 8950 tube type amps I have viewed just list this component as "GIMMICK".
Any help is appreciated.
Melee
Whatever was there is now burned completely away in this amp. I have tied the lines together without it and the 1K resistor did not like that. Not too bad, not like total PUFF but it will need replaced now. It did key up when I did this. What's a one resistor troubleshot worth? ONE RESISTOR and that is cheap enough for me!
If anyone out there has a Palomar 300 Skipper or 310m and can get me the value of this component it would be appreciated.
This component is located hanging off a wire on the bus strip hanging off the inductor coil that the Load-tune capacitors are tied to. It is a 20Ga wire that has about a 30Ga wire wrapped onto it (Or at least in this amp it was) and then the GIMMICK ties these two lines together.
This is the watt meter feed circuit.
All the schematics of Palomar 8950 tube type amps I have viewed just list this component as "GIMMICK".
Any help is appreciated.
Melee
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