[sdiy] optocouplers/Vactrols

[Paul Higgins]

Well, yeah, the box is light resistant...the only thing is, you have to 
pull the chassis out to service it!  I think for $14 wholesale ($20 
MSRP), Magic Parts could do a little better than heatshrinking a lamp 
and photocell together.

On Tuesday, October 19, 2004, at 01:06 PM, Harry Bissell Jr wrote:

> This would be VERY much like a 'vintage' Fender
> Vibrato
> unit... originally they used a photocell with a neon
> lamp over it... and a piece of tubing surrounding it.
>
> If you work on such an amp in LIGHT the vibrato will
> not work correctly.  Turn off the lights !! :^P
>
> OTOH in a Fender amp, the closed box is quite light
> resistant !!!
>
> H^) harry   (who repaired his first Fender amp at 12
> years old... long long, too long... :^)