For Steve - Lexel 95 Problem Identified

[MarioMaster]

Seems this poor little guy just gave up the ghost in the middle of SELEM which was causing the interlock circuit to stop functioning

[mixedgas]

That poor little guy is the second most expensive, repairable part in the laser after the plasma tube.
110N030 is the part number, where NO = is normally (O)pen, not N zero. 30 seconds of delay. They are very, very, very reliable.
In XX years of working with lexel, that is only the second one I've seen die.

Time to replace it with a solid state delay relay. My local surplus place has loads of them.
I'll see if I can dig one up.

Steve

[MarioMaster]

Oh, it's not the delay tube, it's the little relay next to it - the metal strip that acts as the return spring called it quits

[mixedgas]

What is the K number silkscreened next to that relay, I probably have it in the Amish built barn of partz.

Steve

[ImageLight]

Glad to see its nothing major....I got mad love for Lexel lasers..

Mark

[catalanjo]

They are very, very, very reliable.
In XX years of working with lexel, that is only the second one I've seen die.
Steve

I have two busted ones which I have had to work around but then for me it's XXX years.
Tread carefully in the next x years!

Cheers