Big Bang!

[jeyurkon]

While sitting here at my computer I heard a loud bang, like someone shorting a big HV capacitor.

It came from where I have two radios sitting. My Silvertone metal midget and my Hammarlund HQ-160. Both were plugged in and turned off. The power strip didn't trip. The fuse in the Hammarlund is still good. Both radios work.

I used safety caps in the Silvertone where appropriate. The Hammarlund has original disc ceramic caps on the line to ground.

I powered each up and they both work. I guess I'll have to open them up and look for damage, but I'm surprized that I don't smell anything and that no fuses blew or breakers tripped.

I do have the metal midget sitting on top of the Hammarlund and the Hammarlund is solidly grounded to earth. There's no evidence of sparking between the cases.

Not the kind of mystery I like!

John