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vosperd · 8th Mar 2018, 9:45 am

My RA17 used to randomly blow a fuse on switching on, especially if I switched off and back on by accident.
It might be worth replacing the fuse with one of the correct rating and see what happens.
Others may not consider that good advice though.
Although where you will find a 16mm cartridge fuse these days I don't know.
The original smoothing caps are available if that turns out to be the problem.
Don m5aky

8th Mar 2018, 9:45 am	#4
vosperd Hexode Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bristol, UK. Posts: 446	Re: Racal RA17 My RA17 used to randomly blow a fuse on switching on, especially if I switched off and back on by accident. It might be worth replacing the fuse with one of the correct rating and see what happens. Others may not consider that good advice though. Although where you will find a 16mm cartridge fuse these days I don't know. The original smoothing caps are available if that turns out to be the problem. Don m5aky Last edited by vosperd; 8th Mar 2018 at 9:52 am.