Zenith Console combo

[DaveWM]

finally hooked up the variac to the tuner, nothing, smoked fuse, hooked up, nothing, was in phono mode, finally got the AC line to show about 8 ohms, so started dialing up the variac, instant 2 amps before I got to 10volts.

I assume the primary is ok since I get the 8 ohms, so my guess is a shorted filter cap, prob what took out the fuse back when ever it was last tried. At least the fuse was not a standard auto glass type the some fool would have put a 20amp in place.

I will pull the tuner chassis later and see what the deal is.

last week a picked up a perfect tuner, the exact same model off ebay, I was thinking ahead, looks like it will pay off.