Re: Revox A77 weird smoke inquiry

[Toby G <carpet8@mac.com>]

Coming from an electronics background I can tell you this:  It could be 
anything.   First thing I do is open it up and look for a smoked component.

toby
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Revfever" <revfever@ubergadget.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:30 PM
Subject: OT: Revox A77 weird smoke inquiry


> Sorry for some more OT stuff, but I have a little bit of dilemma and  
>need 
> to toss this out there for some help. I have long had a  wonderful Revox 
> A77 reel tape recorder and awhile back,
> I went to power it up again (and use it for creating some new music)  
>and 
> when I turned on the power switch a *puff of smoke* shot up out  of the 
> back! (Yow!)  I immediately turned it off. but have been  wondering what 
> may have happened? I have a good tech friend of mine  who is going to be 
> looking into this weirdness, but he has never   dealt with a Revox A77,
> and so far, has not determined the root of what caused this happen?  
>Does 
> anyone on the LD list have a Revox A77 and who can tell what  happened, 
> and / or know of anyone else,
> or anywhere on the Web to go to to ask? So far, we have done a little 
> websearching, but have yet to find anything useful to solve this  
>mystery 
> so that the problem can be fixed.
> Any help is *greatly* appreciated! TIA!
>
> Cheers,
> Rev. Fever
> Portland, OR
>
>