01-12-2016, 03:08 PM
Am continuing to recap and check resistors. So far resistors have been amazingly on spec. I did replace one dogbone with a carbon composition. Most of the Zenith caps are similar to Philco caps with a cardboard tube with wax caps on each end of the foil cap. I did run into two Zenith caps that were thin paper over a wax cylinder that completely covered the foil cap. Fortunately I was able to slide the paper off of the wax without any heating and without damaging the paper. For these, I built up the diameter of the new yellow cap until it was the same as the paper and would thus provide some stability to the stuffed cap. I then fill the remainder with hot glue. Here's a picture of one of these after sliding the paper off of the wax cylinder containing the foil cap:
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3lbbpt88cve67....jpg?raw=1]
I'm a bit better than half way through the recapping. Everything left of the yellow line is recapped.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s43mwb4b4op5eb....jpg?raw=1]
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s3lbbpt88cve67....jpg?raw=1]
I'm a bit better than half way through the recapping. Everything left of the yellow line is recapped.
[Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s43mwb4b4op5eb....jpg?raw=1]