It is good design practice to place bleeder across start and run caps. I am surprised they aren't there, my 28ASR has a bleeder across the run cap.
I can imagine the motor starter cap may keep a large charge on it. For future troubleshooting, you may want to short the cap terminals to ground. But now you know this. ;-)
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It's so good!
Thank you!
-Joe
On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 9:43?AM John, W9DDD via GreenKeys <
THAT is impressive!
On 6/24/2026 7:29 AM, John Spigel via GreenKeys wrote:
FYI, I punched out another version of the 250th birthday art. Here
are the links:
"Holiday"
I foresee one more with either a flag or an eagle. Just need a break
for now. Let me know how they print.
73, John W1AN
On 20-Jun-26 19:23, Joe Clanin wrote:
That's really good, John! Thank you!
Thanks for the suggestion, Nick.
Best,
Joe
On Sat, Jun 20, 2026 at 11:56?AM John Spigel via GreenKeys
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm sure we might come up with
another one
or two.
John
On 20-Jun-26 15:10, Nick England wrote:
rtty.internet-tty.net/gallery.html>
Great American Eagle
Nick England K4NYW
Chapel Hill NC
On Sat, Jun 20, 2026 at 10:31?AM John Spigel via GreenKeys
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under "Holidays".
>> 45B,50B,75B and 850 shift are all listed. I will work on
another. I'm
>> looking for a good candidate with a USA flag, perhaps. If anyone
can help?
>>
Holiday/Freedom-250.png>
Holiday/Freedom-250-45.mp3>
>>
>> 73, John W1AN
>>
>>
>> On 14-Jun-26 13:01, John Spigel wrote:
>>> Joe, I've got a couple old pix I can edit. I'll put on my punch
list and
>>>
>>> Should be available by end of month.
>>>
>>> 73, John W1AN
>>>
>>> On 11-Jun-26 22:17, Joe Clanin via GreenKeys wrote:
>>>> Greenkeys,
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>>>> Does anyone have any Bicentennial TTY art that can be
repurposed for
>>>> the 250th?
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>>>> Thanks,
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>>>> Joe
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I got zapped today, fortunately I didn't wound/burn myself, but it did
remind me these machines were made in a different era.
When working on my machines, I am very aware that they should be
unplugged given the large number of exposed points you could
potentially touch.? I keep it part of my mental checklist to
explicitly check power is disconnected before messing around with
anything below the paper feed.? On my M28 wall mount, there is
fiberboard covering the connections on the LESU, but there are spots
here and there that would probably be dangerous. Fortunately, I did
have my machine unplugged or my zap would likely be much worse (I assume up to and including the worst).
My motor reset switch keeps randomly tripping from time to time
despite replacing the starting capacitor - Model 28 startup motor trouble ?
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Thinking I might be able to reach this reset switch from the underside
(rather than taking it apart to reach it), I poked around from
underneath and must have hit a lead going to a capacitor (likely the
starting cap) when I got zapped.? I should have known this would be a
hazard, but I didn't really think of it until now.
So for those that are new to teletypes be aware they will bite pretty
hard even when unplugged if you touch the wrong thing.
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