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Free: 2 Time O Lite timers with issues

mgb74

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Since the cost to ship might be too much, I thought I'd offer them up here first.

#1 is a newer Time O lite. Hard to describe but the mechanical contact between motor and arm isn't secure. So motor turns but arm does not.
#2 is an older one. Power to enlarger plug is not reliable. Also, red arm does not move back as quickly as it should.

I have an excess of timers, so frankly don't want to take the time to repair or canabalize one for the other.

I'm in d'town Mpls (North Loop area).
 

Mike Wilde

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I don't need one, but have had them in the past.
Problem #1 is a loose allen set screw on the shaft.
Problem #2 is in partlikely just thickening lube on the clockwork mechanism. A touch of solvent should clear that up.
A spritz of De-oxit may help with the flaky enlarger power contact. They can arc, and present a poor contact over time, particulary if the enlarger it fed had a voltage regulator between the enlarger and the timer. There are lapping papers available that work to clear up contact pitting. It is a delicate kind of a fix.