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Little-Freddie · 15th Jan 2021, 1:54 pm

....... And, as for not having a variac,...... I have recently been in the same position, ( Yaesu FT101B in the loft since Feb, 1990!! ) I powered it up with a standard mains lampholder in series with the rig power lead, ran it for an hour or so with a 25watt mains bulb in,... then uprated the bulb to an 80 watt one for another hour or so, then took the lampholder out of circuit, and applied full power to the rig. ( Mind your fingers, mains voltages around!! ) Happy to say, no bangs, no escaping magic smoke, & all seems to be coming along, fine!!

15th Jan 2021, 1:54 pm	#13
Little-Freddie Tetrode Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK. Posts: 51	Re: Trio TS830S. First power after 30yr hibernation. Any safeguards/precautions? ....... And, as for not having a variac,...... I have recently been in the same position, ( Yaesu FT101B in the loft since Feb, 1990!! ) I powered it up with a standard mains lampholder in series with the rig power lead, ran it for an hour or so with a 25watt mains bulb in,... then uprated the bulb to an 80 watt one for another hour or so, then took the lampholder out of circuit, and applied full power to the rig. ( Mind your fingers, mains voltages around!! ) Happy to say, no bangs, no escaping magic smoke, & all seems to be coming along, fine!!