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Originally Posted by Kamakiri
Boy, that looks familiar. I just did the same thing a couple months ago. Got my set back together, and, well, let's just say that it needs further diagnosis.....
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What you gents are experiencing with these recapped sets having problems has got me to wondering , , Are you checking the value of each new component before installation ? Back when I was first starting out , I used to take "Brand new" to mean "Perfectly working" and MAN was I let down ! Time and again I'd do a recap and run into the same thing , "Damn ! This set ain't any better than when I started with it !" .... I would invariably end up going back and checking the new components one by each and the failure rate was appalling ! Since then , I test each new part before installation and my restorations have gone much more smoothly . Nothing too involved , just take an ohm meter to the new resistors and a good old capacitor checker* to the new caps , and weed out the factory defects before they end up in the set . Even parts of supposedly "tight tolerance" like those resistors with the pretty gold bands on em aren't immune to the occasional factory derp , so a working check of all replacement parts really is time well spent . Tell me , you DO test each tube you put into a set , even a brand new tube , right ? So why not check all other replacement components as well , especially since we know an ohm meter's reading of a resistor is a far better indicator of it's quality than a "good" reading of a tube in a tube tester is
* "Good old capacitor checker" meaning any unit that tests the new cap at it's actual working voltage , which leaves most if not all new digital style meters sorely lacking . Gotta get one of the kinds with the eye tube and adjustable voltage up to 450V for the "breakdown" test .
Good Luck and happy restoring ...