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Old 26th Nov 2020, 1:36 am   #3
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Default Re: Trio TS830S. First power after 30yr hibernation. Any safeguards/precautions?

Do you have a variac or similar which would allow the mains volts to be raised slowly? I have a TS-530 and I recall that the 400V HT (and doubler) is present even when the Rx is on.

There is a very active "kenwood-hybrid" group at https://groups.io/, the 830 is probably the main topic of conversation. There are a few "known issues" which arise as they age, but mostly those which you'd expect and easily dealt with.

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