robertcdt

yes Glenn I am seeing that all boards are not equal. I did not know about different materials thanks for that info. was working on a neato robot vac board and had a problem with burning the board this was before I got a de soldering iron. when de soldering I start with a little flux I like the fact it marks the joint that needs to be de soldered and hope it protect the board from over heating. is there any thing else I can do to prevent over heating the board? Is the Carver C1 board a good board what is your opinion of it? Thanks Robert

yes you are correct 40 pages of general instruction with some good information but very vague when it came to working on the c1. I did a recap on a Bose 901 series IV today it went very well only 12 capacitors. The kit came from affinity for artifacts his instruction are good for small project. Plan on recapping a technics SL 1700 turntable next. amazon sells a desoldering iron for 35 dollars that works great if you need a reasonably priced one. plan on doing the c1 soon just trying to do these smaller project first to get more experience first. Its all about the desoldering.

Thanks for the advise. I have been leaving it off and that is working . I will give it a shot of contact cleaner hopefully that will help but I am never that lucky. I would love to learn more about recapping. I am a dental tech and have been repairing lab equipment all my life with some experience with replacing electronic components. I think I will start with something smaller than the c1 I have a technics SL 1700 turntable its board is small and not so many parts. Dose any one have a opinion about the kits on eBay c1 refurbish kit parts $38.00 parts and instructions $95.00 ?

I find this filter confusing and not sure when to use it. when playing vinyl find it to have some use if I forget to turn it off and play a cd I get distortion is there something wrong with my c1 or is that the way it works.