It's more than the fuse!

[no spam for me]

OK folks, what's the consensus, fix or buy new? It's a 20 year old Onkyo
TX65, the fuse blows for no good reason and continues to flare out when
powered on. I checked out the guts of the beast and see nothing obvious, no
smoked caps, no crispy wires ( yes wires), no nothing. I haven't been into
any audio component repairs for quite some time and most folks say to pitch
it due to the cost of new stuff being so low and having better whistles and
gongs. So......whatda think??

K

 

[LASERandDVDfan]

Try checking for any blown output stages and their related components.

Sometimes, failed transistors won't look fried but will reveal themselves to be
bad when you test them. - Reinhart

 

[DaveC]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:58:54 -0800, no spam for me wrote
(in message <O%5yb.21089$785.7181@nwrddc01.gnilink.net&gt:

OK folks, what's the consensus, fix or buy new? It's a 20 year old Onkyo
TX65, the fuse blows for no good reason and continues to flare out when
powered on. I checked out the guts of the beast and see nothing obvious, no
smoked caps, no crispy wires ( yes wires), no nothing. I haven't been into
any audio component repairs for quite some time and most folks say to pitch
it due to the cost of new stuff being so low and having better whistles and
gongs. So......whatda think??

I'm for not throwing stuffinto the land fill, if at all possible. If it has
all the bells and gongs you need, fix it. It's also quite rewarding.
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[no spam for me]

Well, I could not find anything so off to the Hifi store! Nay body want an
Onkyo TX65? It's in good shape other than not working!!

KDW

kdweber2002@yahoo.com

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On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:58:54 -0800, no spam for me wrote
(in message <O%5yb.21089$785.7181@nwrddc01.gnilink.net&gt:

OK folks, what's the consensus, fix or buy new? It's a 20 year old
Onkyo
TX65, the fuse blows for no good reason and continues to flare out when
powered on. I checked out the guts of the beast and see nothing
obvious, no
smoked caps, no crispy wires ( yes wires), no nothing. I haven't been
into
any audio component repairs for quite some time and most folks say to
pitch
it due to the cost of new stuff being so low and having better whistles
and
gongs. So......whatda think??

I'm for not throwing stuffinto the land fill, if at all possible. If it
has
all the bells and gongs you need, fix it. It's also quite rewarding.
--
DaveC
me@privacy.net
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Please reply in the news group