[GreenKeys] Model 19 parts and questions

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Kevin,

It's been far too many years since I last played with an M15 or M19 to answer 
most of your questions so you'll have to wait for someone with more recent 
experience to speak up.  But I can answer your questions about the RA-87.  Yes, 
it is the DC loop supply.  And although odds are that you need to add at least 
one jumper to close the loop for the printer and probably some others to put 
the keyboard in series with the line printer (as the machine would normally 
have been connected into external circuits), odds are also that the RA-87 isn't 
working.  

First, it has filter capacitors that may need to be replaced (not really a 
big deal other than finding something that fits mechanically).  Second, it uses 
a selenium rectifier and odds are almost 100% that it is bad.  Selenium 
rectifiers turned out to have a 30-50 year shelf and service life (fact not known 
when they were new).  So it needs to be replaced with a silicon rectifier.  
Until that is done, I would unplug the AC cord for the RA-87.

Also, if the 19 set has a rectifier with an RA-87 or RA-87-A nameplate, it's 
may be a military set.  Look around for a nameplate or nameplates for the set 
or the other components.  Something beginning with TT, TG or AN/FGC for 
example.  If you can locate anything like that, it's possible one of us may have the 
TM 11 on that particular set.

In a message dated 8/22/2008 11:12:19 AM Central Daylight Time, 
kh-phillips at 9-5usa.org writes: 
> First for the parts, I need the cord that pulls the carriage back on the 
> return.  The second part I need is, I think, one of the Y-levers.  It is 
> the longest one.  I hate to admit it but in my ham-fisted attempts to 
> get the thing running I got the carriage off track and ended up with the 
> couple of broken parts (that I know of). 
> 
> The set has been sitting unused for 35-40 years in a house which had 
> been closed up but still had utilities connected and running.  The man 
> who sold it really thought it would still be in operating condition.  
> The AC has been kept on in the house but this was in south Louisiana so 
> the humidity level, even with AC, is much higher than anyplace else!  
> The set has a Signal Corps RA-87 Rectifier.  I had to replace the DC 
> cord.  The machine runs but is running open.  The bars under the 
> carriage just vibrate back and forth.  (I'm new to teletype so I'm not 
> familiar, yet, with a lot of the terms.)  The tape punch works fine but 
> the keys on the carriage do not operate whenever a key is pressed on the 
> keyboard. 
> 
> One question I have is whether or not the 60ma loop is being supplied by 
> the RA-87?  Second question is, assuming the loop is supplied by the 
> RA-87, what/where should I check to get the thing to run closed?
> 
> One DC socket on the power supply has apparently gone dead.  The other 
> is still active but the plug doesn't fit well at all.  I'm tracking down 
> some schematics and may try to have the PS rebuilt.
> 

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