[QuadList] Recortec timer issue

[Don Norwood]

Guy:

I have a manual and will get a scan for you.  The tach uses LED's, so it's 
probably something else.

Don Norwood
Digitrak Communications, Inc.
www.digitrakcom.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Spiller" <quadruplex at verizon.net>
To: "Quad List" <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:30 PM
Subject: [QuadList] Recortec timer issue


> The Recortec timer that was installed on my TR-70C suddenly stopped 
> counting on machine powerup last night.  Just sits with all zeros.
> I have no documentation for this thing, as someone installed it after the 
> fact, and no experience with Recortec timers at all. All my quads, "back 
> in the day" had mechanical timer/counters.
> Do these things have a historically common failure mode?  Is there a 
> lamp/photocell/slotted disc arrangement and possibly just a failed lamp?
> I haven't opened it up yet, but I thought I would check the vast knowledge 
> here on the list and see if I can get some idea what I'm getting into 
> before I take the machine offline to deal with it.
> thanks
> Guy
>
> -- 
> Guy Spiller
> email: quadruplex at verizon.net
> phone: (804) 379-2050
> website: www.GuySpiller.com
> Midlothian, VA
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