Hammond L102 transposed itself my 4 notes.

[nonsuchpro]

Hey all.
I have a Hammond L101 that has transposed or shifted by 4 notes. So a C is now an A. It is in tune with itself, but down (or up) by 4 notes. I've searched for fixes on this issue but haven't found anything. All my searches come back with the fold back hack, which is something I would like to do in the future, but not a fix for my current issue. If anybody has any ideas or how I can rectify this, I appreciate the help
Thanks a bunch!

(Sorry I said L102 in the title, I meant L101).

[tpappano]

The run capacitor for the motor could be failing causing it to run slow. The originals contain toxic (PCB) material, avoid contact with any leakage.

[enor]

tpappano is right, this is the typical tell-tale sign of a bad run capacitor.

[nonsuchpro]

Thank you! I will replace it and give an update.

[nonsuchpro]

My goodness you guys are geniuses! The run capacitor gave me no meter reading. Luckily, I had an extra one from an L102 I took apart that read good (3.43MF on the meter) I just used wire nuts as a temporary fix to test it out. It worked! I'm not going to keep this one on there, I will order a brand new 3MF run cap and properly install that one. But hey, C is C! D is D! A is A! You made my day! Thank you soooooo much, I'm ecstatic! :->

[Papus]

You're lucky neither cap exploded.....

The dangers of PCB motor run caps ought to be much more emphatically publicised in the Hammond community...

The youngest PCB cap is 44 years old...... the majority, from M's and L's, are getting up near 60 years old.
These caps are a ticking time bomb

[enor]

AND these caps can fail in a very dangerous way, shorting one of its internal sections to the metal casing - making every exposed metal part of the organ "hot" with mains voltage. These should all be replaced. And I've started using caps with an insulated casing instead of the stock metal-cased ones.

[drg]

More information for new folks(including me) about dangers and safety and better insulated X2 and Y2 'safety caps' mentioned above:
http://www.dairiki.org/HammondWiki/DeathCaps

[enor]

No, that's not the same caps at all, drg... it's good reading, but doesn't really apply to the motor run cap.

[nonsuchpro]

Can someone link me to the best suitable 3 wire replacement?
Thanks!

[enor]

Can someone link me to the best suitable 3 wire replacement?
Thanks!

Hm. The run cap only has 2 terminals. One of them has 2 wires connected to it, yes, but it's still just a 2-terminal (or 2 wire) capacitor.

I use ceiling fan capacitors.

[nonsuchpro]

Hm. The run cap only has 2 terminals. One of them has 2 wires connected to it, yes, but it's still just a 2-terminal (or 2 wire) capacitor.

I use ceiling fan capacitors.

Gotcha. I wasn't sure because it's the only one I've ever seen like that.