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Heathkit Cap Tester C-3
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06-03-2017, 12:47 AM
Well, I thought everything was good. I have been running it on a Varaic hooked up to a Isolation Transformer.. Everything is good.. But when I hook up directly to the AC Mains the Eye tube flutters and the current goes up from about 100 Ma to around 400 to 500 ma and it makes a like arching sound...The current probably goes higher but I turn it off when that happens so I do not blow the fuse..

Any clues why?

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Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-19-2017, 11:56 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Radioroslyn - 05-20-2017, 12:19 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 10:31 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by morzh - 05-20-2017, 10:52 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 11:01 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Radioroslyn - 05-20-2017, 11:18 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 12:27 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 12:43 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 12:56 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by morzh - 05-20-2017, 01:15 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 02:56 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Radioroslyn - 05-20-2017, 06:39 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-20-2017, 08:06 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Radioroslyn - 05-20-2017, 09:14 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 05-30-2017, 11:59 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-03-2017, 12:47 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Eliot Ness - 06-03-2017, 08:32 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-03-2017, 10:32 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Eliot Ness - 06-04-2017, 09:24 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-04-2017, 09:59 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Eliot Ness - 06-04-2017, 11:47 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-04-2017, 11:51 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-04-2017, 11:53 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Eliot Ness - 06-04-2017, 12:03 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-04-2017, 05:26 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by vecher - 06-04-2017, 08:51 PM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by Eliot Ness - 06-05-2017, 08:05 AM
RE: Heathkit Cap Tester C-3 - by TV MAN - 06-08-2017, 07:39 AM



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