[GreenKeys] Model 15 remedial question

Harold Hallikainen harold at w6iwi.org
Fri Dec 31 20:26:16 EST 2021


It should be running open with no loop supply. The video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQtVH3Z6n4&list=PLB3mwSROoJ4JoPgcLzZ3kMKmQI5eN-4No&index=4
at 12:39 shows how the release of the selector magnet armature should
allow the shaft to start rotating.

Good luck!

Harold


On Fri, December 31, 2021 6:08 pm, Jason W6IEE wrote:
> Replied to Harold, and not the list:
>
> Thanks! I’m working on getting my loop supply hooked up now.
>
> I recall it making more noise and more things moving when running open.
> Just a motor whirring now. Pushing on the selector doesn’t do anything.
> All this tells me it just isn’t running right.
>
> Sound about right?
> Thanks,
> Jason Wa6bbq
>
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 4:58 PM Jason W6IEE <kf6pqt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good evening and happy new year! I just took my model 15 out of storage
>> for the first time since I moved. (Been a few years.)
>>
>> I have an odd situation where the printer just isn’t in “print
>> mode.” The
>> keyboard side seems to be working fine.
>>
>> The best way I can say it, would be analogous  to someone holding the
>> clutch in somewhere on a manual transmission vehicle. The motor is
>> engaging
>> the main shaft nicely, but not all of the main shaft is turning with it.
>> Was there some sort of lever I was wise enough to move to put things in
>> some safe travel mode?
>>
>> Or, possibly is something just too gunked up somewhere?
>>
>> It ran when it was parked, I do remember that. :D
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jason WA6BBQ
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