Joe, I have the external battery pack (732A-7003) that I picked up a while ago. It is indeed the D01 connector. It is printed clearly on the outside edge along with the three letters that look like ARB.
The company's website states they are now owned by Smiths Connectors and the connector is part of Hypertac. No list of distributors was found on the website. I found a seller Astrex Electronics, but they do not have a price listed for the female version, just the male. I searched for D01P306FSTAH. This is the female plug with solder cups. To date, I have reconditioned three 732A's and they have been operating fine with little issues, except when I lost power for an extended time and two batteries in one of the packs died. All four were replaced and they have been working fine. The two older 732A's have thermistor values in the 3k-4k range. The newer unit (based on the newer heater rev) is around 4.25K. All three had their potentiometers changed on the regulator and pre-regulator boards. The datecodes on all appeared to be from 1985. The parts list must have been updated as some of the pots did not have the same value as the ones installed. I cannot remember which ones were different. I did not see a mention in the change/errata. Also, I had to remove the reference ovens to repair broken 10V potentiometers, as someone had broken one (free spinning) and another unit appeared to have a noisy wiper so it was replaced as well. The 1V and 1.018V pots were not changed. The third 10V pot was replaced because I had success with the other two and it was much easier the third time around. The jumpers on the all the A7 boards were adjusted. I highly recommend checking the inline fuse to the heater if you suspect it is not working. You can find it tucked inside behind the oven. It should be covered in heat shrink. Lastly, there was a rev done that does not appear in the downloadable users manual on Didier's website. It appears the heaters were separated into two groups of two instead of one group of four. Some of the parts were mounted under the oven assembly on the A8 Preheater PCA. If you look at the A4 board from the top, you will see either one or two transistors mounted to the frame (Q4,Q14). If you see only one (Q4), chances are you have the newer rev. I bought the manual recently and just noticed these revs were in my book. I will try and scan the extra info and upload them. Todd _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
