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1eStar

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#271733 25-May-2020 12:02
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I need some diagnostic assistance from the electronics gurus.

I'm working on repairing my mother's retro sewing machine from the 90's a Pfaff 7550 to be exact. The problem it has at this stage is a prolonged startup, like it has a power supply issue. She tells me it was starting more quickly on a warm day.

I've opened it up and given it some power, it sits with a largely blank screen, the stepper motor for the foot control ticking back and forth until at some stage it fires up to life.

My gut feeling is dry capacitors or something to do with the power supply transformer.

Any ideas or maybe tips on testing capacitors etc?

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1eStar

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  #2494560 29-May-2020 18:16
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Ok. I've solved it. I replaced all the capacitors that i could find on both the motherboard and the secondary board behind the display. I reworked some of my dry joints, I'm not really sure which cap was the real problem, possibly the last Philips Aluminium long life Axial 470uF cap, which got a Suntan radial cap in its place.

Anyways thanks guys for the votes of confidence which got me through.

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