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Originally Posted by Duke_Nukem
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Originally Posted by Calmore
But, the advice on a certain FB forum is not to do any precautionary replacements but just power the thing up and fault find from there.
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Maybe re-read it, and snip the mains filter cap for starters and deal with the grid coupling cap.
Paul Sherwin has described two approaches people take. The third is minimum cap replacement to safely power up at which point you'll get an idea if the chassis is a reasonable bet or the fact that every darn coild in it is o/c, theb gradually replace all other wax/hunts caps as chances are if you want reliability/good performance then they WILL have to go. But if you do a mass cap replace and you dont know how to fault find then one mistake and you will be in a world of pain.
TTFN
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The certain FB site is part of this site and that wasn’t how I read the advice (from members on here) either.
At the end of the day you’ll learn what works best for you but I’m in no hurry to turn them over and move them on so I do the minimum needed to power up safely and see what’s what. With a lamp limiter and good sense of smell nothing should go pop, but there’s always the anticipation!
Enjoy.
John