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ms660 · 28th Apr 2019, 6:08 pm

I wouldn't have thought that a malfunctioning rectifier would cause that large twin resistor to get hot, it looks like the shunt resistances for the spool motors, they will get reasonably hot in use, a stiff motor/reel table would make them hotter.

Lawrence.

28th Apr 2019, 6:08 pm	#35
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: Elizabethan LZ-29. Rectifier. I wouldn't have thought that a malfunctioning rectifier would cause that large twin resistor to get hot, it looks like the shunt resistances for the spool motors, they will get reasonably hot in use, a stiff motor/reel table would make them hotter. Lawrence.