Eumig P8 Phonomatic

[JackMartinEF]

I just got given one of these projectors. I plugged it in and turned it on and the thing started smoking loads from within. I turned off thhe projector and unplugged it. Now the ON switch will not switch on, like its stuck on OFF. Also, why was it smmoking so much?

Thanks.

[BolexPlusx]

Sometimes a projector that's been sitting a long time will smoke a little when you first turn it on because there is dust on the projection lamp which cooks when it heats up. This sounds a lot more serious than that.

Was there kind of an angry humming sound to go along with the smoking?

[JackMartinEF]

Yes, an angry hum indeed. It smoked so much I thought it wa on fire (it was not).
btw - I fixed the switch, some kind of grit in there. But I am scared to turn it on, SMOKE! Any ideas? Is it something to maybe do with tyhe fan? Like the fan not working

[BolexPlusx]

My best guess is that something is jammed and the motor is not free to spin, so instead it just sits and overheats.

I guess the thing to do is open the back up and look for troubles. Is there some debris wedged in somewhere? Maybe grab some sewing machine oil and try to lube up some frozen bearing(s). If you can free it up and get it so it will rotate freely by hand, maybe it will recover.

Good Luck!

[BolexPlusx]

Hmmmm...

It's the mains transformer. Probably your best bet to replace it would be to find a similar (preferably identical) dead projector with a different problem and swap parts.

If you find a manufacturer and part number on the transformer you may be able to find a new one...maybe!

I'd also be a little concerned about what other electronics the projector has on board which may have taken a beating as the result of this setting being wrong.

[JackMartinEF]

Right, well I am a stupid person. One thing that was wrong wrong wrong, was that I had the Voltage on the projector set to something different than what the lead was. Anyway, I changed it back to normal, but it still smokes too much.

I opened it up and the part that was smoking is the part I have circled in red in the picute



Here it is close-up



It is like a kind of papper or material. Can I buy whatever it is somewhere?

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