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chrish
18-03-2011, 11:25
Some years ago I was given a pair of US voltage Technics 1200s for party duties etc. Whilst I was away for work before Christmas some friends borrowed them, mislaid the US to UK voltage stepdown tranformer and tried to plug them durectly into the English mains....:doh::steam:

The result is two blown turntables. Can anyone tell me whehter they can be repaired fairly easily? I'm no diy'er but I have some friends who could help me if I knew what needed to be done.

Thanks for any advice - at least they stayed away from my main system 1210, I hate to think what would've happened to the Lyra Dorian on it :eek:

Greg2010
18-03-2011, 18:59
Hi Chris,
being optimistic, the first place to check would be the two fuses shown on the left in the link to Leo's photo of the 1210.

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8920

Regards
Greg

DSJR
18-03-2011, 19:54
The electronic boards should still be available as spare parts for a while, as should the transformers if they're damaged.

Good luck, I hope it's the fuses ;)

chrish
18-03-2011, 20:55
Greg and Dave

Thanks :)

I'll check the fuses first.....

nat8808
17-05-2011, 17:20
I don't imagine the transformers are particularly special are they? Find out what the required secondary voltages are and buy a matching one from Farnell, RS etc.. Probably could have done that originally, swapping out the old 110V transformers for ones that took 240V to the same output voltages.

DSJR
17-05-2011, 17:25
I'm sure technics would have spares, but if not and the control boards are ok, then it's a perfect excuse to at least put the transformer in an external case.