Wanted: Solartron 7150 Plus service manual / disassembly ins

[Philip Pemberton]

Hi,
My Solartron 7150plus has just gone up in a puff of smoke - I was watching
the meter, then I looked away for a few seconds and it started hissing and
grey smoke started pouring out the back (around the mains connector).
Does anyone have a copy of the service manual for this beast? The T&M
dealers I've talked to have copies of the 7150 manual, but not the 7150plus
one. I need a copy of the disassembly instructions and schematics.
Solartron Analytical did offer to sell me a copy of the manual.. for Ł100.
Far too expensive IMO, especially when the meter only cost me Ł50.

Thanks,
Phil.
philpem@despammed.com <<-- valid email address
http://www.philpem.me.uk/

 

[Geo]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:30:51 +0100, Philip Pemberton <philpem@despammed.com>
wrote:

Hi,
My Solartron 7150plus has just gone up in a puff of smoke - I was watching
the meter, then I looked away for a few seconds and it started hissing and
grey smoke started pouring out the back (around the mains connector).

Does it still work?
Geo

 

[Philip Pemberton]

In message <k1o6h1pg3gmgm2fgrs1k4bimoco0ag8cr6@4ax.com>
Geo <hy1k-hwia@dea.spamcon.org> wrote:

My Solartron 7150plus has just gone up in a puff of smoke - I was
watching
the meter, then I looked away for a few seconds and it started hissing and
grey smoke started pouring out the back (around the mains connector).

Does it still work?

Yeah, but the mains filter is utterly cooked. Looks like a capacitor vented,
then ignited. I just spent an hour cleaning all the brown goo off the power
supply board with isopropyl and Qtips. Thankfully the metal can more-or-less
contained the damage - I just had to clean up the smoke residue.

Looks like I need to get a new mains inlet module though - the meter had a
Schaffner FN372-2/21 fitted and the only distributor I can find has the FN37x
series listed as discontinued (they only supply to businesses anyway).

I'm going to see if I can get in touch with someone at Schaffner UK who can
provide me with the details of someone that can supply me with a
replacement... I don't want 500 of them, I want one!

At least the meter still passes the powerup self-test... I'd still like a
service manual though, just in case something goes wrong later. Nice to see
that it hasn't needed any repair work though - all the chips have 1988
datecodes, which makes it about 17 years old. Heh.

Later.
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[Geo]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:35:08 +0100, Philip Pemberton <philpem@despammed.com>
wrote:

Yeah, but the mains filter is utterly cooked. Looks like a capacitor vented,
then ignited. I just spent an hour cleaning all the brown goo off the power
supply board with isopropyl and Qtips. Thankfully the metal can more-or-less
contained the damage - I just had to clean up the smoke residue.

That what I guessed - could not remember if it had IEC type filter or individual
430V caps.

Geo

 

[Philip Pemberton]

In message <u0u6h1l88gnbqvqur8keenienva0r82his@4ax.com>
Geo <hy1k-hwia@dea.spamcon.org> wrote:

That what I guessed - could not remember if it had IEC type filter or individual
430V caps.

A Schaffner FN372-2/21 IEC filter module.
I've been told there may have been a duff batch made in the late 80s that got
recalled. If that is the case.... Hmm...

Later.
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