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Originally Posted by jr_tech
Are you indicating that the eye never closes or never opens? Im confused. 
Have you measured the voltage applied to the capacitor check terminals during leakage tests at all set voltages and both modes (paper/mica and electrolytic) ?
jr |
I'm sorry Jr, I see that I did misstate this. I said that there is no reaction of the eye tube when I should have said that it shuts when voltage is applied and it remains shut on any electrolytic. The voltages are there in both modes. Paper mica functions seem fine. A good cap gives a momentary closure of the eye tube and then a reopening.
Thanks as well to Bill who confirms that these units do test electrolytics contrary to the statement I quoted from the manual in my prior post. I thought it odd that it is written in the manual and then mine so far isn't testing them. And a complete recap is always a good thing, but I have found not always necessary. There are known problem child caps in these type units like the big 2 mfd non polarized (just to name one) which remains to be seen here. I just haven't had time to hook it up to my Heathkit IT-28 yet. Heck, there's not many caps in the whole darned thing. LOL! Not like I'm doing a 40s RCA TV set......
