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Old 07-28-2009, 10:06 AM
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From what I've seen in old radios and TVs, sometimes a 5Y3 or other smaller rectifier is replaced with a 5U4 because that was on hand, but the 5U4 can draw more current for the filament, which may overload the transformer.
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