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Old 02-21-2011, 04:02 PM
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I finished recapping the set over the weekend. I unmounted and restuffed all the eletrolytics and replaced all the paper caps with some nice Cornell Dubilier, Mallory and Orange Drops.

I uncrimped the ends on the two electroytics cans that are exposed.
The rest I just cut open because the seam will be covered by a cardboard tube.


New caps installled


I also cleaned things up a bit while I had it all exposed.


I left the big 20W dropper and seleniums in place. I'll tackle those next.

The picture seems a litle crisper and the sound is much better
The horizontal hold is still very touchy though.

Perhaps I should replace the dual selenium AFC rectifier ? It's the green thingy on the circuit board in the picture above.
What type of modern diode would be appropriate ?

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