Just fried Bills 720 sanyo

[BoomboxLover48]

What a relief! Glad the fuse was the right one. Good lesson learned. When I got my RX 5230 from Jens voltage check was the first thing I did. It is safe to hook 240v tap to 120V at least wont burn up anything. It had115 -130v tap that I really liked besides the 100-110 also. When I checked the house voltage it was 120V. I am sure Bill might have left a note to change voltage settings before use.

Actually Scott and I discussed it in PM's as I told him it was selectable but I didn't know where switch was. I never thought to look on bottom But in all seriousness I had to pack n ship like 15 boxes and voltage selection was last thing on my mind. But it just goes to show that when you get a box you need to check everything before plugging in including voltage in, volume, power switch etc...

Bill I know you go above and beyond to help. I am glad the box is now safe. It would have been a big disappointment if a treasured box goes bad in the first attempt to power up.

 

[baddboybill]

What a relief! Glad the fuse was the right one. Good lesson learned. When I got my RX 5230 from Jens voltage check was the first thing I did. It is safe to hook 240v tap to 120V at least wont burn up anything. It had115 -130v tap that I really liked besides the 100-110 also. When I checked the house voltage it was 120V. I am sure Bill might have left a note to change voltage settings before use.

Actually Scott and I discussed it in PM's as I told him it was selectable but I didn't know where switch was. I never thought to look on bottom But in all seriousness I had to pack n ship like 15 boxes and voltage selection was last thing on my mind. But it just goes to show that when you get a box you need to check everything before plugging in including voltage in, volume, power switch etc...

Bill I know you go above and beyond to help. I am glad the box is now safe. It would have been a big disappointment if a treasured box goes bad in the first attempt to power up.

Thanks Royce its not easy selling, packing and shipping.... oh and praying all the boxes make it safe to there new homes I'm just glad she is safe too

 

[oldskool69]

Glad to hear there's a happy ending to all of this. Can't be too careful nowadays with worldwide transactions on these boomers.

 

[=ml=]

What a relief! Glad the fuse was the right one. Good lesson learned. When I got my RX 5230 from Jens voltage check was the first thing I did. It is safe to hook 240v tap to 120V at least wont burn up anything. It had115 -130v tap that I really liked besides the 100-110 also. When I checked the house voltage it was 120V. I am sure Bill might have left a note to change voltage settings before use.

Actually Scott and I discussed it in PM's as I told him it was selectable but I didn't know where switch was. I never thought to look on bottom But in all seriousness I had to pack n ship like 15 boxes and voltage selection was last thing on my mind. But it just goes to show that when you get a box you need to check everything before plugging in including voltage in, volume, power switch etc...

Glad it was just the fuse!

Another gotcha: if using a wall-wart on a Japanese (100VAC) blaster, determine DC pin polarity. The Victor RC-550 has a negative pin unlike almost all other blasters - Japanese or not!

Go!

=ml=

 

[bklyn sound]

woo ha.....this story has a happy ending....glad it worked out scotty

 

[Scotty_M]

Thanks for the comments guys. I've learnt a huge lesson from this.
She's all back together with a replacement fuse and working as intended.
The transformer is okay for now...only time will tell how it fairs down the track.

Scott