Blonde Andrea T-VK12

[IsthmusTV]

Hi all,

I've been working on this set in fits and starts. This weekend, I finally finished the recapping. I decided to mount the electrolytics under the chassis because there was plenty of room and some of the cans are hard to get at:


I replaced every paper and elecrolytic cap except one, C7. It's a 2 uF at 25 Volt electrolytic across the output of the 6AL5 ratio detector. It's mounted in a tube of copper sheet and fastened to the chassis with a screw under a terminal strip. I'm guessing that this is for shielding, but it almost looks more like a heat sink. Anybody know what this is? Do I need to keep this copper thing in place when replacing it with a modern cap? I think I'll leave it in place for the initial power up.


I replaced the disintegrated power cord. It had a molded strain relief, so I used a rubber grommet in the hole.



I may have problem with a couple of these peaking coils. I can't seem to get a stable resistance measurement through the two on right:


I'm very impressed with the quality of the resistors that Andrea used. I have yet to find one out of spec.

Well, that's the progress to date. I hope to have some time this weekend to do a controlled power up with the CRT in place.

-Clark