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Familiar with the diode test method? See this post. Seems the regulator isn’t doing anything but passing all unregulated voltage through. My bet is on a faulty mosfet... or something else.

Having a great time so far. My granddaughter is coming soon. Can’t wait

Man, I haven't been in NoHo in what feels like 2 year (pre-covid) and I live like 25 minutes from it. I kind of miss the place, in spite of the fact that I spent what feels like half my life there doing lights in nightclubs. I wish I could go there right now, TBH. There's a marijuana distro there called Canna Care and I could really go for some low dose edibles. I got my second dose of Moderna yesterday and it is really kicking the shit out of me. Last night was an endless series of fever dreams (including one where I was trapped in my own Steam profile while I was in a Discord call where no one could hear me) and today is all about soreness and fatigue. It is my plan to do my radio show tonight, but it will be what they call a "game time decision" in baseball.

From the Stretch Collection, I believe:

Emmet Cohen

Quite a pairing, Rob! 😁

Just trying to understand the past...

Oddly enough down here in SoCal the banks really don't like me walking in wearing a mask and sunglasses. I guess the culture is different here.

Glad to hear it, Doug, and hope you bounce back soon, KD. Second shot hit me hard also but the side-effects were gone after a day or two. Our mask mandate in California lifted on Tuesday and most people here in Marin County don’t seem ready to take them off. I went out for coffee and bagels this morning and I think I was the only person without a mask. I am sorry, folks, get used to it! We are maybe the single most vaccinated region of the entire country. Don’t look at me like I’m some kind of “republican.”

^ Sounds wonderful

Possibly Q18, but most likely Q19 or the regulator circuitry itself. You could check the voltage across D12. Should be around 30V.

New Garbage

If the -560v is correct, then the 300v supply coming off of it must be the problem. The -560 + 300 voltages gives -260v.

T2 PSU is now live Got a new LV transformer with the proper secondary 30VCT and not 30-0-30, changed both 4700uF 25V caps with new ones rated 50V. Other involved caps were 50V already. The 7812 and 7912 regulators I left. Powered the 12V supply first, then the positive rails, then the negative. All voltages look good except for the -260VDC I am measuring -135. Do I miss something?

Something in the water 58 years ago... ?

A very happy birthday to you, Kerry!

Happy Birthday Kerry!

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Kerry!

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It might be the tommy gun under one arm and the sacks with dollar signs printed on them in the other?

Great to hear! Here’s hoping that’s a tradition that continues (outdoor choral ensemble singing).

For our first real outing in a very long time, we spent the afternoon in Northampton. Ate falafel on the street, listened to a church choir, who were dressed in their 1830's best, performing on the city hall steps, (which, @recstar24, was unpredictably lovely and a reminder of the importance of singing and performance) saw some jazz further down the street, and generally saw lots of people out and about. A nice reminder than not every place is Hartford.

I have to say that even though some of their ideas were overlooked due to other formats, that doesn't mean that they were inferior. I had a Sony ES HiFi betamax deck in the 80's. It cost me an astronomical $1,100.00 at the time. But with it's ability to record and play in beta 1 speed and it's jog/shuttle dial, that machine kicked some serious VHS ass! I had a JVC HiFi VHS deck too. I'd rent movies in VHS, because there weren't any betamax movies to be found. But I'd record those movies onto the betamax. I'd also record music onto betamax tapes, then use it like a real to real to play hours of music at parties. That kept people from screwing with my audio system.

The Police – Outlandos d'Amour Wiki: "Contemporary reviews of the album were largely unfavourable." Not terrible 😎