Has anyone attempted to repair a Lemax carousel? I've had mine for 5-6 years now, and it has worked well up to this point But now the sound has suddenly stopped working. It played to the end of the selection, but never restarted. On a related note, the mechanism also has an intermittent glitch or catch as the platform revolves. Has anyone opened one up? The Lemax website is of no use, and Lemax has no repair factility.
Chris
LVHR
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Now that I've tackled most of my engine issues, back to this one. I figured out how to pull the carousel apart (another post on that later). The most obvious issue is seen in the picture below: A broken lead on the speaker. I seems the PC board piece as broken and in the process, severed the connection to the speaker. My question is how to repair this? Glue the board with ACC, and then quickly solder? Remove the broken PCB piece and solder to what is left? There is not a whole lot of surface area left to attach the lead, once I remove it from the PCB piece. Solder directly to the speaker frame?
BTW, I suspect the glitch in the mechanism is also related to the broken lead. I think the wire was catching periodically on the rotating parts and causing momentary drag. Time will tell, after I put it back together. I do not see any dirt or junk in the gears (yet), and at first glance, they do not appear to be broken.
Chris
LVHR
Edit: Helps to add the picture!
I would use Shoo goo.
Shoo goo? What is that?
Thanks,
Chris
LVHR
solder the parts together. If that does not work, check the impedance of the speaker and get a new one.
I used an ohm meter to check what is left of the terminals. Could not get a good reading, so I think this one is destined for trash. Time to find a replacement.
Chris
LVHR
That speaker should be pretty easy to find, 8 ohms is a common value. I probably have them in my parts box. What are the exact dimensions, diameter and thickness?
You said you would post info about how to take the carousel apart. Did you do that? If so, where can I find it?
Getting that Lemax stuff apart is a real bear, I've found. They use a lot of glue to put things together, rather than screws (cheaper assembly process) and extremely fine wires (cheap, again, I suppose), and I've had to practically use a hammer and chisel to get them apart, and then it's easy to break the fine wires or other pieces in the process. I have several dead items lying around to trash - no reasonable way to fix them.
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