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Old 6th Nov 2018, 7:30 pm   #27
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Default Re: Heathkit RF1U Signal Generator Restoration

Some Heathkit stuff is shamefully assembled. It doesn’t surprise me.

I put a new mains lead on one of these for a friend eariier this year and replaced the selenium rectifier. The tag board was also cracked. I like the termination if I’m honest as you can solder the earth lead to the centre tag and it’ll Earth the chassis. A stark contrast to their VTVMs which are a sod. I replaced the tag strip put a strain relief grommet in the hole instead of the original knot.

I also removed the selenium rectifier and stuffed another three way tag board in the mounting hole with a 1n4007 instead. Worked nicely. The filter cap pair was also short so I bodged some caps under it and unsoldered the original one.

When they’re working they’re really nice generators.
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