worked on the SC a bit tonight
replaced the multi can caps, and a few papers.
https://i.imgur.com/HrEK6JY.jpg
admired the really ugly solder work of the person who replaced the cap before me.
then did something rather bold and Shango like, did a slow power up just to see what would happen, YES, I still have a bunch of papers to replace, but I wanted to see anyway.
after a slow bring up... no smoke , no fire, had the teltale hiss in the speaker.
flipped the phono/TV switch into TV mode to see if HV would come on,.,,, nothing... no surprise, it has been sitting forever.
did some checking ,, found NO power at the cap of the HOT, hmmm am i missing a voltage?
did some checks, they seem to be all there, what's going on here
check fuse for HV, Ok... voltage at damper OK, out of damper, OK... this is NOT looking good!
power is getting to the FBT, but not the HOT plate cap?
pulled out the FBT.. resistance check OK... huh?
https://i.imgur.com/bd06HX6.jpg
power comes in from damper to FBT on red wire, out to HOT on the yellow...
wait a sec, it is there and OK when measured at the lug of the FBT but gone at the HOT?
this is something I have not seen before
the wire IS connected, but degraded and not carrying power
it's all green and krusty...
a first for me :p