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jamesinnewcastl · 28th Oct 2022, 11:04 am

Hi All

All the original components I'll be using have now be cleaned. All solder joints re-soldered. New components have been 'made'. So now I am ready to start the rebuild!

The following pics show the parts. I have reused the waxy cap ident sleeves to maintain more originality but I believe that they would have been white at first, rather than yellow.

Happily the main connector is NOS and really in good condition - sadly I don't have the mating part!

Since I am reverting a receiver that had been converted to the 'C' variant back to it's original 'A' variant there are a few component changes. One notable one is a 4 x 2uF capacitor which had been replaced by a smaller one with only 2 x 2uF. I've gutted that one, drilled the base to take 4 off HV feed thrus fitted 4 x relatively tiny electrolytics and sealed the end that originally had the connection pins. Resprayed and re-annotated.

28th Oct 2022, 11:04 am	#47
jamesinnewcastl Heptode Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK. Posts: 723	Re: Standard Beam Approach - Rebuild update Hi All All the original components I'll be using have now be cleaned. All solder joints re-soldered. New components have been 'made'. So now I am ready to start the rebuild! The following pics show the parts. I have reused the waxy cap ident sleeves to maintain more originality but I believe that they would have been white at first, rather than yellow. Happily the main connector is NOS and really in good condition - sadly I don't have the mating part! Since I am reverting a receiver that had been converted to the 'C' variant back to it's original 'A' variant there are a few component changes. One notable one is a 4 x 2uF capacitor which had been replaced by a smaller one with only 2 x 2uF. I've gutted that one, drilled the base to take 4 off HV feed thrus fitted 4 x relatively tiny electrolytics and sealed the end that originally had the connection pins. Resprayed and re-annotated. Attached Thumbnails