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Thanks, guys...
Charlie: About the CRT arcing-- is this something that just may happen from time to time, and is-- well..., **OK** to allow it to happen?
Rob: Message received about the cap re-forming... I thought I read in some previous forum posts that this was a common way to wake up old receivers, though... hmm-- obviously, I was wrong.
Now, when I get the back off-- if the snap I heard was from an arc, I should look for evidence of a burn, I would suppose... though I may not find one even if that is the problem, I'm guessing.
Will a failed electrolytic can be obvious? (leaky or scorched, etc?) Obviously a smaller blown cap will be visibly blown or deformed, but I wasn't sure about the can.
Although I was trying to err on the side of being conservative, did I perhaps call a halt to the experiment too soon? My biggest concern upon hearing the "pop" was to avoid blowing out something larger and harder to replace... Obviously, the eventual troubleshooting process will call for powering it back up, but I'm rather leery of doing that at this point. Would you recommend a visual inspection of the inside, first?
Just curious-- since I'm learning at this point, I don't mind taking some time with this set-- and I suspect a lot of the hard work has already been done... I just don't want to undo those previous restoration efforts!!
Thanks agin for the responses, folks!
-Kevin
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