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48-206 RESTORATION, NEED HELP
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11-15-2011, 12:06 AM
Finally, I was bypassing resistors with a decade box and found a plate resistor on the 50A5 way out of spec. (even though it was a new flame proof resistor) as soon as I touched the leads across it, the volume trippled, it now plays perfect.
Thanks to everyone for ther help and suggestions.
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48-206 RESTORATION, NEED HELP - by tab10672 - 11-11-2011, 04:46 PM
Re: 48-206 RESTORATION, NEED HELP - by Dave - 11-11-2011, 05:02 PM
Re: 48-206 RESTORATION, NEED HELP - by tab10672 - 11-12-2011, 02:18 AM
Re: 48-206 RESTORATION, NEED HELP - by codefox1 - 11-12-2011, 02:24 PM
Re: 48-206 RESTORATION, NEED HELP - by tab10672 - 11-12-2011, 07:40 PM
Re: 48-206 RESTORATION, NEED HELP - by codefox1 - 11-13-2011, 01:02 AM
Re: 48-206 RESTORATION, NEED HELP - by tab10672 - 11-14-2011, 05:47 PM
Re: 48-206 RESTORATION, NEED HELP - by 7estatdef - 11-14-2011, 07:02 PM
Re: 48-206 RESTORATION, NEED HELP - by tab10672 - 11-15-2011, 12:06 AM



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