AMI F120 Jukebox Fuses

[christographer]

HI.  I was so happy to have received help here on this board years ago, hoping for the same again.   

I have an AMI F 120 Jukebox and it runs fine, but keeps blowing fuses   Once the fuse if blown, it will not cycle to a new record.  Everything else works (plays fine with sound, turntable turning, lights on) but when the record is at the end, the needle just stays in the center of the record.  If I turn it off, unplug it, check the fuses, 1 is blown.  I then replace it, turn it back on/plug in and then it will cycle from one record to another just fine.....then when that record is done, it will cycle just fine again and again and again......it goes about 4-5 records playing and changing just fine, until it blows a fuse again and I only know it's blown because...once again the tone arm does not pick up...etc.   

1. I'd like to know what fuse is supposed to be in there in the first place because I haven't had this jukebox long.  When it came to me, it had a slow-blow 250V 1Amp fuses.

2. What could be the source making the fuses blow?  what should I check ? 

PLEASE help and THANK YOU SO MUCH'!!!!

[lilshawn]

while i know nothing of this jukebox specifically...

rowe was usually pretty good for labeling the fue ratings/type directly on the board or near the fuse holder itself. take a peak around the area where the fuse is and see if there are any markings.

a gummy drive system can cause a fuse to blow. it usually involves disassembling the mechanism and carefully cleaning all the parts and lubricating the parts that are supposed to be lubed. Use caution though, lots of parts have probably been lubed in the past that are supposed to be DRY. this is commonly the issue with faulty pickup mechs.

if you have a manual, take a look in the maintenance section. it will inform you which parts must be lubed, and which must be left dry.

if you don't have a manual, i suggest you pick one up on ebay...the info contained in them is INVALUABLE.