getting in touch with wells gardner??

[menace]

I tried calling them, calls not returned, I tried e-mailing them--one e-mail was bounced other was not replied to...

What gives, is there a special way to get in touch with these guys???  Where else can I find original parts for these old monitors namely supremely odd caps.  i tried bob roberts but he wanted 8.00 to send me one cap...  Any help??

[Ken Layton]

Hmmm.....that's strange. I've never had a problem contacting Wells-Gardner. I usually phone them, though. I've gotten some pretty good prices on older parts by talking to them (parts dept.) directly.

Happ Controls stocks quite a bit of Wells-Gardner monitor parts. Follow this link: www.happcontrols.com/monitors/49125000.htm to the Wells-Gardner parts.

[menace]

Thanks for the link--I guess I'll have to wait to order my parts until I have more need of happs stuff--hard to justify paying more for shipping than actual part.

[paigeoliver]

You can usually get caps locally. Check your phone book under electronics. I regularly piece cap kits together locally when I need them "now".

Although really strange caps (big ones from power supplies and pinball machines) often have to be special ordered.

I have yet to find a monitor cap that I couldn't go into a store and buy local.

Also, remember you can always go higher on the voltage. You have to match the uf part, but the voltage part can be higher.

[menace]

I've been looking locally for this bad boy and most people look at me like I have two heads:

.0061mF 2% 1600V polypropylene--I thought about combining 2 or three caps in series to get this value but rejected that, I'll just have to find some place on the net that doesn't charge 10.00 shipping for one tiny capacitor.

[paigeoliver]

Have you tried the TV repair shop?