I hope someone can give me some guidance. I went to an estate sale yesterday and found a Bernina 930 record with its case and all accessories for $10. I plugged it in and it ran fine. I do own a Bernina 153 QE but did not know much about the 930. Today I cleaned/oiled the machine, cleaned the case, feet etc and sat down to give it a test run with some fabric when all of a sudden the machine started smoking, cracking and popping
Scared the bejesus out of me
I unplugged it and did notice that neither the wall plug, cables or the foot controller look burnt or damaged. The machine itself looks fine from the outside as well. I started doing some research and am wondering if it could be a capacitor. My question now is how much something like that would run to repair? I practically got the machine for free and saw on ebay that they still go for $500-$1000 so would be willing to put some money into it. Anyone have experience with this issue?