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Originally Posted by Electronic M
It is now the right place to start. You probably lost the heater of the rectifier tube when the lytics died.
Generally anything made before the mid 60s the lytics will be living on borrowed time. I thought about advising you to change them earlier but I didn't want to debate the merrit of the obvious.
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No, you're right I should of thought of that myself, but it didn't even cross my mind because I've never heard of electrolytics failing in that manner before.
This unit uses a 4 section electrolytic which will be tricky to replace because the amp doesn't have much room underneath to stick new caps inside as it is.
The original filter cap is of the can type that's fitted with a cardboard tube on top, so I might be able to gut and restuff the original can but not sure seeing as its a 4 section can and not sure if 4 radial lead caps will fit inside that can.
06-26-2019, 03:32 PM
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