Kodak Carousel 850H

[Charlie Bress]

I have a Kodak Carousel 850H that I was using to review my decades old slide
collection.
I am trying to see what slides I want to scan so I can make prints for the
family.
About halfway through the second tray the projector failed.
The forward/reverse buttons do not operate. When pressing them, you can hear
a hum, but there is no motion.
The manual says there are thermal fuses. I don't see any after removing the
base. I think that if a fuse had opened there would be no power getting
through to create the hum.

Any ideas?

Charlie

 

[Clive Tobin]

I have a Kodak Carousel 850H...> About halfway through the second tray the projector failed.

Welcome to the club! My 760 did the same thing. I believe this was one
of the projector models that used some experimental rubbery plastic (or
is it a plastic-y rubber?) for the solenoid linkage and also for the
first gear mesh, on the motor.

Perhaps someone will have a list of specific models with this fault,
maybe all of the 600, 700 and 800 series?

After X number of years the stuff breaks into pieces, or maybe turns to
powder, rendering the machine useless.

This same self-destructing stuff was also used on all of the Kodak
super-8 movie cameras, after the very first M2 and M4 (and maybe M6?)
models. Also on most of their movie projectors.

Bad design, or planned obsolescence? You decide.

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

Welcome to the club! My 760 did the same thing. I believe this was one
of the projector models that used some experimental rubbery plastic (or
is it a plastic-y rubber?) for the solenoid linkage and also for the
first gear mesh, on the motor.

Perhaps someone will have a list of specific models with this fault,
maybe all of the 600, 700 and 800 series?

After X number of years the stuff breaks into pieces, or maybe turns to
powder, rendering the machine useless.

This same self-destructing stuff was also used on all of the Kodak
super-8 movie cameras, after the very first M2 and M4 (and maybe M6?)
models. Also on most of their movie projectors.

Bad design, or planned obsolescence? You decide.

Yeah, but it's a simple matter to make a replacement linkage. Been there,
done that.

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[Ken Weitzel]

I have a Kodak Carousel 850H that I was using to review my decades old slide
collection.
I am trying to see what slides I want to scan so I can make prints for the
family.
About halfway through the second tray the projector failed.
The forward/reverse buttons do not operate. When pressing them, you can hear
a hum, but there is no motion.
The manual says there are thermal fuses. I don't see any after removing the
base. I think that if a fuse had opened there would be no power getting
through to create the hum.

Any ideas?

Charlie

Hi Charlie...

I have an old 750H sitting in the closet in this very room... last time
I used it (decades ago) the bulb gave up, and when I went to replace it
I somehow broke the reflector so that was it - it's sat collecting
dust ever since.

Anyway, if you'd like photos of any of the internals, or voltage or
resistance readings, or whatever feel free to ask.

But if I may, I also have an alternate suggestion. If you have a
good (I mean good) flatbed scanner with a full sized light lid, you
can drop slides on a dozen at a time, scan them quickly, and easily
tell which are worthwhile.

As for me, should you be interested, I'm a couple of years into
scanning thousands of slides, and thousands upon thousands of
35 mm and other assorted negatives. I'm doing all of them,
regardless of quality because while I know what the kids and grandkids
like now, I have no idea what may or may not interest the generations
further down the line. Just my 2 cents.

Take care.

Ken

 

[Bob AZ]

Charlie
A classic problem. There is a plunger with a plastic tip that needs to
be replaced. Pull the bottom, locate the solenoid and plunger. Get some
tools and remove the solenoid. Replace the plunger etc. Adjust the
position of the solenoid and reassemble. Sounds easy but it will take a
while the first time. I do them in about 1 hour.
Do a google search for the part. It is available.
Bob AZ

 

[Charlie Bress]

I have a Kodak Carousel 850H that I was using to review my decades old
slide
collection.
I am trying to see what slides I want to scan so I can make prints for the
family.
About halfway through the second tray the projector failed.
The forward/reverse buttons do not operate. When pressing them, you can
hear
a hum, but there is no motion.
The manual says there are thermal fuses. I don't see any after removing
the
base. I think that if a fuse had opened there would be no power getting
through to create the hum.

Good ideas for the problem and solution. Thanks.
A Google search got me to http://www.micro-tools.com/.
They have free downloads of the original service manuals and show a lot of
available parts.
Now I can proceed with confidence in having the disassembly instructions and
a source for the parts.

Thanks for "clues". They showed that this is a reasonable fix.

Charlie