ok , changed the pot and everything is working good!
only a few other small things came to light after powering it up, well not actually small.
the smaller 1000uf25v capacitors started smoking, so changed them out , turned out they were leaking, so i went ahead and replaced all the caps in the group (6). - there was also one 35v cap leaking in the group.
The 2 'through holes' under the 1000uf25v caps had the traces corroded do to the leakage, so had to jump the hole to the traces with pieces of capacitor legs.
and i went ahead and replaced the rest of the 5.6ohm resistors, since 1 died , i figure it must be time for the others too.
im testing it right now, so i'll let you knw if anything lets loose!
heres a pic:
the date stamp is wrong
only a few other small things came to light after powering it up, well not actually small.
the smaller 1000uf25v capacitors started smoking, so changed them out , turned out they were leaking, so i went ahead and replaced all the caps in the group (6). - there was also one 35v cap leaking in the group.
The 2 'through holes' under the 1000uf25v caps had the traces corroded do to the leakage, so had to jump the hole to the traces with pieces of capacitor legs.
and i went ahead and replaced the rest of the 5.6ohm resistors, since 1 died , i figure it must be time for the others too.
im testing it right now, so i'll let you knw if anything lets loose!
heres a pic:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
the date stamp is wrong