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Heathkit Cap Tester C-3

Eliot Ness
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06-04-2017, 08:24 AM

Something is shorting to ground when not hooked to the isolation transformer, i.e. when it is not isolated.

(05-20-2017, 01:56 PM)vecher Wrote: ......So I put in the 1629 Eye tube.. Powered up on variac.. Tube lit up and was only drawing about .2 amps on AC input.. But then tube started to flicker brightness. Started to smell.. So I shut down.. Nothing was hot underneath or looked like it burnt..

Never blew fuse..

Looks like the 1629 Eye tube is bad or intermittent..

Did you ever replace the eye tube?

John KK4ZLF
Lexington, KY
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Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-19-2017, 10:56 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Radioroslyn - 05-19-2017, 11:19 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 09:31 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by morzh - 05-20-2017, 09:52 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 10:01 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Radioroslyn - 05-20-2017, 10:18 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 11:27 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 11:43 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 11:56 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by morzh - 05-20-2017, 12:15 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 01:56 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Radioroslyn - 05-20-2017, 05:39 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 07:06 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Radioroslyn - 05-20-2017, 08:14 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-30-2017, 10:59 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-02-2017, 11:47 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Eliot Ness - 06-03-2017, 07:32 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-03-2017, 09:32 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Eliot Ness - 06-04-2017, 08:24 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-04-2017, 08:59 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Eliot Ness - 06-04-2017, 10:47 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-04-2017, 10:51 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-04-2017, 10:53 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Eliot Ness - 06-04-2017, 11:03 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Kenneth F. Besso Jr. - 06-04-2017, 11:36 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-04-2017, 04:26 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-04-2017, 07:51 PM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Eliot Ness - 06-05-2017, 07:05 AM

RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by TV MAN - 06-08-2017, 06:39 AM

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