Marx 1669 Tuneup

Marx 1669 100 Watt Transformer Tune-up
I fo u n d a M a rx 1 6 6 9 1 0 0
W a tt o n e B a y fo r c h e a p ,
u n te s te d a n d n e e d in g a
c o r d ( a t m in im u m ) . S o , I
to o k a g a m b le o n it. A s
a d v e r tis e d , th e c o r d
s h e a th in g w a s c r u m b lin g
o ff a n d h a d a w a d o f ta p e
o n th e p lu g e n d .
O th e r w is e , it lo o k e d p r e tty
g o o d fr o m th e o u ts id e .
A little in v e s tig a tio n fo u n d

s ix ta b s h o ld in g th e to p
c a s e to th e b a s e , th re e
ta b s to a s id e . S o m e
g e n tle p r y in g a n d ta p p in g
w ith a lo n g , th in s h a n k , fla t
b la d e s c r e w d r iv e r h a d th e
ta b s s tr a ig h te n e d o u t.
S o m e g e n tle p r y in g a n d
p u llin g o n th e c o v e r
r e v e a le d th e in n a r d s .
L o o k s p r e tty c le a n ! T h e
o u te r le v e r s im p ly h a s a
ta b th a t e n g a g e s th e s lo t
o n th e in n e r le v e r , s o it
s im p ly p u lls a p a r t w h e n th e
c o v e r c o m e s o ff.
I h a d to r e m o v e a ll o f th e
te r m in a l b r a c k e ts fr o m th e
c a s e , ta k in g c a r e a s to n o t
d a m a g e th e in s u la tin g
w a s h e rs . I re m o v e d th e re a r
c h a s s is c o v e r , a n d o p e n e d
u p th e s id e o f th e c o il b o x to
re v e a l a c c e s s to th e ta b s
th a t th e c o r d is c o n n e c te d
to . A q u ic k to u c h w ith a h o t
s o ld e r g u n tip r e m o v e d th e
r e m n a n ts o f th e o ld c o r d .
T h e re w a s a ru b b e r b a n d
a n d s o m e o ld c lo th ta p e
w ra p p e d a ro u n d th e
c o n n e c tio n s to in s u la te it.
S u r p r is in g ly , th e r u b b e r
b a n d w a s s till in ta c t a n d
s tre tc h y !
I fo u n d it in te r e s tin g th a t th e
p in th a t h o ld s th e le v e r fo r th e
r h e o s ta t a p p e a rs to b e
n o th in g m o re th a n a n a il.
T h e s tic k y o f th e o ld fa b r ic ta p e w a s lo n g g o n e , s o I r e in s ta lle d th e
r u b b e r b a n d a n d w r a p p e d it in m o d e r n p la s tic e le c tr ic a l ta p e . M a k e
s u r e th e p la s tic in s u la to r th a t r u n s th r o u g h th e c a s e is o n th e c o r d
B E F O R E y o u s o ld e r e v e r y th in g to g e th e r . ( D O H ! ) A ls o , d o n ’t fo r g e t
to tie a k n o t in th e c o r d w h e r e it w ill r e s t a g a in s t th e in s u la to r s o th a t
if th e c o r d is y a n k e d , it w o n ’t p u ll o n th e s o ld e r jo in ts .
I a ls o m o u th e d a “ th a n k y o u ” to m y la te fa th e r a t th is p o in t a s h e h a d
a h a b it o f n e v e r th r o w in g a n y th in g m e c h a n ic a l in n a tu r e a w a y u n le s s
it w a s a b s o lu te ly ju n k . T h e e n d r e s u lt w a s I fo u n d a b o x la b e le d
“ w ir e ” a n d fo u n d a h e a v ie r g a u g e c o r d & p lu g , a b o u t 7 fe e t lo n g . A
q u ic k in s p e c tio n fo u n d it to b e p lia b le a n d in g o o d s h a p e .
I r e in s ta lle d th e te r m in a ls
th ro u g h th e c a s e , a lig n in g
th e m w ith th e in s u la tin g
w a s h e rs a n d th e o u te r
p la te . S n u g g e d u p th e
n u ts a n d d id a q u ic k te s t
w ith a m e te r to m a k e s u re
n o th in g is to u c h in g
a n y th in g it s h o u ld n ’t b e .
I s p r a y e d th e c o il d o w n w ith
C R C c o n ta c t s p r a y , c le a n e d
u p th e c a s e a b it, a n d
r e a s s e m b le d e v e r y th in g .
T a k e c a r e to a lig n th e o u te r
h a n d le w ith th e in n e r le v e r .
I h e ld o ff o n r e - b e n d in g th e
s ix c a s e ta b s u n til a fte r I
h a d te s te d it. A n d , v o ila !
W o r k s lik e a c h a r m !
A ll in a ll, it w a s a fu n little p r o je c t. T h e 1 6 6 9 is a b e a s t in th e M a r x
lin e u p - b ig , h e a v y a n d p le n ty o f p o w e r! T h is s u m m a r y is n ’t
in te n d e d to b e a tu to r ia l, b u t I h o p e it is h e lp fu l if y o u n e e d to g e t
o n e o f th e s e u p a n d r u n n in g . T h e y ’r e p r e ttyh a rd to k ill a n d u s u a lly
d o n ’t ta k e m u c h to g e t w o r k in g a g a in . I s u s
p e c t m o s t M a rx
tra n s fo rm e rs o f th e p e r io d a r e c o n s tru c te d s im ila r ly , s o th e b a s ic s
s h o u ld h o ld u p fo r m a n y o f th e m .

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