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Old 7th Dec 2017, 12:59 pm   #18
Boater Sam
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Default Re: DAC 90A Smoothing Capacitor replacement

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Originally Posted by David G4EBT View Post

The twin unit smoothing/reservoir capacitors are very reliable, reform well and are rarely the source of hum, almost invariably caused by the EL84 output valve.
David had a typo, it should of course be UL41 valve. (hope that's OK David)

Remove all pin 3 and 4 connections on this valve base, Bush liked using them as make do tag strips but it causes problems with some UL41 valves
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