Left Rega RP10 running for 1 week!

[Jazzyguy]

ahhh!

One night after listening to my Rega RP10, I took the arm off the record and put it in the rest. Forgot to switch off the table. This was 6 days ago! I found it today spinning from then.

About a year ago I used a KAB speed strobe on the unit and it was showing the table spinning at 0.07% fast where as today it is at 0.2% fast. I'm not sure if this is just coincidence though as the measurements are 1 year apart.

Any damage as a result here of leaving the table running this long?

 

[BlueYeti]

I'm pretty sure it will be fine.

 

[sq225917]

Maybe give it a drop of oil, just one

 

[Elkjær]

Well My dealer keeps em running Day and night. No problem

 

[wylton]

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve done that! I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.

 

[DimitryZ]

No worries...you just warmed up the belts.

 

[davidsrsb]

Be thankful you didn't leave the arm down in the runout groove and switch off the amplifier. That would be around 100 sides per day cartridge wear

 

[Cereal Killer]

A drop of oil and a new belt.

 

[DavidS]

Don't worry about it , left my P9 running when I had a weekend away , why would there be a problem unless this was a badly designed deck which it is not.

 

[davidsrsb]

I think the belt should be fine, it is starting the motor that causes stretch and slip

 

[Bjork67]

If motors had thoughts I bet yours was worried if you had maybe fallen over or were taken ill. I can see it playing up now just to get its revenge.

 

[Whaleblue]

Well My dealer keeps em running Day and night. No problem

Why??

 

[Mick P]

I can remember many of the men whom I knew who worked at the Garrard factory in Swindon telling me that leaving a TT running 24 hrs a day for over a week was nothing unusual.

I don't think you have too much to worry about.

 

[Olsen]

A drop of oil and a new belt.

After 10 years regular use maybe

 

[Arkless Electronics]

It will not have caused any harm whatsoever.

 

[Craig B]

At least those duelling belts would have been nice and warm after their week long squirmish.

 

[Tarzan]

Can someone please tell the OP he would not have had a problem had he purchased a Direct Drive/Idler Turntable.

On a more serious note you should be fine.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

I wouldn't be over worried about a year left on if bearings etc of good enough quality.... IIRC one hi fi dealer had a Transcriptors TT running in the window non stop for like 30 years or so!

 

[Tony L]

Do Rega bearings ever wear out? 1970s-80s Planar 2s and 3s still seem to be fine from what I can tell!

 

[Arkless Electronics]

Do Rega bearings ever wear out? 1970s-80s Planar 2s and 3s still seem to be fine from what I can tell!

Legend has it that Linn has never had to replace a single bearing due to wear... My late 60's/V early 70's EMT built Thorens TD-150 has no determinable wear and is quiet as a (dead) mouse. I'm sure your TD-124 is also other than having threshing machine drive