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Well, the replacement bolted in fine. My game plan was to cut the old leads up near the old transformer and using a minimal amount of the replacements wire as it is rubber instead of the better looking cloth. On top of that I think this would be the best way to go in terms of common sense. The replacement did not have enough lead to go to the various connection points, so either way you would have to add some wire. Why not use what is there AND already routed real nice?
So, everything is now wired in. (Hope its all right) I went ahead and purchased enough caps to replace the whole power supply filter section and MOST other electrolytics. I also got a bunch of orange drops to replace most of the wax coated paper caps. Now I see why a lot of pros say change all of the caps. Tonight I noticed a 100 ohn 2 watt resistor burned in two in one of the horizontal circuits. There was a .0022 near by that measured like .012 and also there was a .22 that measured .001. I'm not sure about the mathmatics or exactly how much tollerance is allowed without noticable performance issues, but a measurement is a measurement and that is way off from the new stuff I put in. At least I will have peace of mind. I did not fool with the crazy stripped black caps which I have heard are troublesome as any, if not more. I may regret this move...
I'm trying to do this right so I have not yet applied line voltage to the set. I may break out the 100watt bulb again. I believe you are supposed to pull the horizontal output tube when doing the reduced voltage run. Anybody know?
I should have some results this week. I have a goal of seeing a picture by Christmas. Unless I really screwed up some wiring I should be a winner. Hopefully the power supply was the major problem area back in the sets use. That way all the RF coils and other odd ball things will be ok. No mysteries....
Hopefully!!
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