Only a matter of time

[mattdavala]

Hey everyone!

I've been activly reading the videoKarma TV groups every day but I haven't posted here do to a lack of projects. The economy's been hindering any puchase of a vintage TV and my current collection has been working pretty well. My 1955 21 inch majestic console had been running with the origional electrolytics for well over a year. I'd replaced all paper caps when I aquired the TV.

The electros ran cool to the touch so I hadn't replaced them. I knew the risk of not replacing them, but set ran well with them. I was happily watching the three stooges when the TV's volume blasted with a 120 cycle hum! The voices were normal but there was a full volume 120 cycle hum thats not controllable by the volume control. Sooooo loud! I had to do the infamous mad dash across the room to shut the set off.

I'm glad the cap opened vs shorting out. So I'll be repaceing all electrolytic caps in the set now. I'm actually glad to have a project to work on. Got my order sent in to Justradios already.

Best regards,
matt Davala