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HOWTO - FIX Sankyo Super-8mm projector problem = blown
power transistor in motor drive circuit.
THE PROBLEM
In 12 years ownership of my Sankyo 800 Stereo Super-8mm
projector, it has only developed 1 major fault.
Symptoms: Unsteady projection speed,
usually too slow, although
after a long
time running it can get better.
Cause:
Faulty power
transistor, "T...D633"
FIX IN BRIEF
Replace with MOSPEC MJE3055T or equivalent.
FIX IN DETAIL
When the motor drive started having problems, I knew enough
about electronics to have some idea what was wrong as I knew that power
transistors get hot and can fail because of this stress. The Sankyo motor
control circuit is a classic "feedback" circuit of this kind. A
circuit measures the motor speed and uses this information to increase or
decrease the power supply to the motor as required to correct to the standard
speed. The power supply is controlled via the power transistor.
The original power transistor only has the markings "T .. D633" on it.
I could find no such number in any references.
I asked at an electronics parts shop, and the assistant
there suggested "BD743C". This got the projector running a
little better but gave a poor result with the "24" speed no longer
working.
I therefore turned my attention to solving the problem, buying
examples of the most common kinds of power transistors and trying them out in
various configurations until I found which worked the best.
The result: what worked was the most common and
therefore most obvious type.
NPN Power Transistor, package TO220, with pin layout:
1 = B
2 = C
3 = E
Case
= C
The one I used was the MOSPEC MJE3055T which cost about $3
from Dick Smith Electronics.
At the time of writing, April 2005, this fix has continued
to be successful for 3 months of fairly heavy work copying films on to video.
Various manufacturers add other letters and numbers to the
"3055" to get their name.
What it looks like:
Remove the back of the Projector.
There are 2 circuit boards near the front. We are
interested in the upper one of these.
The Sankyo is well designed for easy removal and replacement
of this circuit board.
There are about 5 plugs to remove and these are all
differently shaped so they can
only go back where they came from.
Then undo the screws and remove carefully. You need to twist and turn the board to
manoevre it past some frame
obstructions.
Motor speed is controlled by a small daughter-board soldered
in a vertical position.
Beside this daughter-board is a heat sink with the
transistor on it.