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Rant: heard a guy at the Dayton Hamvention say he recaps old radios with whatever is in his junk bin
Was in line for a $5 hot dog at the Dayton Hamvention last month and overheard a guy bragging he never checks voltage on replacement caps, just grabs whatever fits. That is how you cook a 1962 Zenith transformer, and I watched a guy on YouTube do exactly that two weeks later and smoke rolled out in under 30 seconds. If you are new to fixing tube gear, look up the service sheet and match the rating, it is not optional. Anyone here got a good story about a cap swap that went sideways?
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