tom k Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Hello everybody, I'm looking for a dataton PAX, used or new, but of course perfectly working and for a fair price! Thanks in advance, tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Farris Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Hello Tom When we got rid of all our old PAX stuff, we sent the batch down to Barry Fluster at Media Fabricators. I have no idea if he still has any left, but for a while he had quite the stash. Good Luck, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfk Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Barry is retired now and Media Fabricators is gone. Last I spoke with him a few months back he still had some gear left stored at his home. But he was preparing to send it to a scrap yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom k Posted February 3 Author Report Share Posted February 3 I found Ken KobylenskI from K X CAMERA in Santa Barbara CA who has some PAXes in stock. I bought one - a new one - and immediately after connecting the projectors and turning them on, nothing happened and after a few seconds something inside the PAX ended up in smoke ... Ken sent me another PAX which he had tested before - I connected it to my projectors and it worked perfectly. For one week! Today I turned on the projectors again - nothing happened - the PAX didn't work - but again after a few moments something inside the PAX ended up in smoke ... HELP !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfk Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Well that clearly brings into question your power source. Can you be more specific than “… connected it to my projectors …” What kind of projectors? Model number of the PAX adaptor? Aged Ektagraphic IIII projectors are notorious for bad accessory power. Are you using a Dataton 24 VAC supply? PAX can derive power from a system connector and they can send power via the other system connector. So describe the system cable path (if any). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom k Posted February 3 Author Report Share Posted February 3 See! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom k Posted February 3 Author Report Share Posted February 3 I use 3 Kodak Carousel S-AV 2050 AF and one Kodak Carousel S-AV 2050, 4 PAX-SAV ADAPTOR 3430, have no Dataton 24 VAC supply, the first SAV-Adaptor is connected to a S-AV 2050 AF ... and this configuration worked for years. But suddenly my PAX didn't work at all - so I started to look for a "new" one .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfk Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Looks like whatever is connected to System In is suspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom k Posted February 3 Author Report Share Posted February 3 I even tested the output voltage of each SAV adaptor - they are all the same (22V) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom k Posted February 4 Author Report Share Posted February 4 I found out that the capacitors built in the PAXes have a guaranteed durability of only about 20 years - so no wonder they ended up in smoke! I'll tell you if I can find someone to fix it! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John G Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 On 1/7/2023 at 5:45 PM, jfk said: Barry is retired now and Media Fabricators is gone. Last I spoke with him a few months back he still had some gear left stored at his home. But he was preparing to send it to a scrap yard. That is interesting to know, now I understand why I never got a reply to any of my email enquiries. However, their website is still up and running implying that they are open for business! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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