01-09-2021, 08:34 PM
While recapping I usually check resistor values. Not always.
This time I bought carbon comp resistors so when having to replace any they'd look right.
Just now decided to check a 470K one.....it was open. Giving me between 5M and 19M.
It is a load of Phono Amp. I am not sure why short of mfr defect or mechanical or ageing failure. 470K will not overheat.
Also the plate power filter for the same amp, the C73 is listed 1uF. However the cap installed is 0.1uF. Seems factory.
And unlike the rest is Aerovox, not Philco.
Unusual. But ok. Good thing I looked.
This time I bought carbon comp resistors so when having to replace any they'd look right.
Just now decided to check a 470K one.....it was open. Giving me between 5M and 19M.
It is a load of Phono Amp. I am not sure why short of mfr defect or mechanical or ageing failure. 470K will not overheat.
Also the plate power filter for the same amp, the C73 is listed 1uF. However the cap installed is 0.1uF. Seems factory.
And unlike the rest is Aerovox, not Philco.
Unusual. But ok. Good thing I looked.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
