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Old 06-21-2014, 10:31 AM
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It's definitely a good idea to get your feet wet first by doing capacitor replacement on a All American 5 tube radio. If you make a mistake it's much less difficult to find it in a radio.

If you can I'd recommend powering it up on a dim bulb tester or preferably slowly on a variac the first time. If it has not been turned on in over 6 months there is a good chance the electrolytics need to reform which will only happen with a slow controlled power up.
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