13 Sep
2022
13 Sep
'22
10:09 p.m.
I've discovered that three of my four RA8x drives have failed due to bad
tachometer optical sensors. Apparently the material these guys were potted
with decades ago gradually turns opaque and, being as they're "optical",
that's Really Bad. Has anybody else had this issue? Anybody found a
replacement for them? It's just an IR LED and a phototransistor in a fancy
plastic housing, and that's still pretty common devices these days. I just
need one that's mechanically compatible with the RA8x HDA. A modern
production replacement seems like a better plan than a new old stock
replacement since any old production ones are just as likely to be bad.
Bob
15 Sep
15 Sep
7:04 a.m.
Maybe you can fix the opaque issue with super fine sandpaper like a 5k or
10k grit like you use to clean up dull headlights. I have used it a long
time back to fix optical sensors and lately cheap solar panels for garden
lights.
Mike
On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 1:10 PM Robert Armstrong <bob(a)jfcl.com> wrote:
I’ve discovered that three of my four RA8x drives
have failed due to bad
tachometer optical sensors. Apparently the material these guys were potted
with decades ago gradually turns opaque and, being as they’re “optical”,
that’s Really Bad. Has anybody else had this issue? Anybody found a
replacement for them? It’s just an IR LED and a phototransistor in a fancy
plastic housing, and that’s still pretty common devices these days. I just
need one that’s mechanically compatible with the RA8x HDA. A modern
production replacement seems like a better plan than a new old stock
replacement since any old production ones are just as likely to be bad.
Bob
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