Refurbish a speaker for a spare?

[Waxman]

my announcement speaker in my automatic bay went bad and I ordered a new one. These speakers are expensive. Has anyone had any luck repairing them and keeping them on the shelf for a spare?

 

[OurTown]

Yes they are expensive. Is it a Floyd Bell?

 

[New Washdog]

Yes they are expensive. Is it a Floyd Bell?

If it is indeed a Floyd Bell speaker, DigiKey.com is a distributor.

 

[Waxman]

Oh I already ordered a new one from Autowash Maintenance and it's on the way. I just wondered about the possibility of repairing or rebuilding the old one and keeping it as a spare.

 

[OurTown]

Oh I already ordered a new one from Autowash Maintenance and it's on the way. I just wondered about the possibility of repairing or rebuilding the old one and keeping it as a spare.

How much was that?

 

[Waxman]

How much was that?

$600 ish

 

[OurTown]

This one looks like the messages can be changed without Floyd Bell's programming.

https://www.floydbell.com/parts/AN454W_16VUSB

 

[OurTown]

Floyd Bell states they should last 10 years under normal conditions.

 

[Waxman]

This one looks like the messages can be changed without Floyd Bell's programming.

https://www.floydbell.com/parts/AN454W_16VUSB

thats the one i have

 

[Keno]

At that price, it would probably be worth getting an electronics repair place to look at it. Sometimes its just something simple that went out. Like $1 worth of capacitors making a computer monitor not work.

 

[Waxman]

At that price, it would probably be worth getting an electronics repair place to look at it. Sometimes its just something simple that went out. Like $1 worth of capacitors making a computer monitor not work.

Yes. I have a friend who is very good with electronics, circuit boards, and speakers. He used to build high-end sound equipment in Boston years ago. I will definitely take a look at the old one because I doubt it's too complicated.

 

[OurTown]

They have two year warranty from manufacture date. Is there a date code on it?

 

[Waxman]

not sure but its def past 2 years

been in operation a year and 8 months and all equipment sat on my lot quite awhile during rehab of my bay.