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Old 09-22-2012, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by radiotron View Post
ive had a lot that i got working without replcing caps
Wow, I'm impressed. Capacitors in old sets where never designed to last that long. Sets were not designed to last much longer than a decade at most. Electroylic and paper caps dry out. It's a fact. Sometimes one only a few years old is bad.

You have people in this, and other posts, telling you the exact same thing but it's not sinking in. You are risking a lot by not taking the advice you are being given. People have been hurt or killed by doing what you are doing. Take the time to understand what you are doing instead of just "pokin and hopin". The day will come when you will regret it if you don't.

Last edited by ggregg; 09-22-2012 at 09:42 PM.