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Signal generator
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> I noticed it has an old selenium rectifier. What are the chances I'll need to replace this?

100% chance of replacing it. Seleniums go bad. When they do, they may emit a noxious odor that is not good for you.

Alan Douglas once wrote (not an exact quote, going from memory here), "If you throw a selenium rectifier in a trash can and hear it go 'clunk' as it hits the bottom, then it is bad."

Just replace it.

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


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Signal generator - by WallaceRoger - 07-11-2017, 11:17 AM
RE: Signal generator - by Radioroslyn - 07-11-2017, 11:45 AM
RE: Signal generator - by morzh - 07-11-2017, 11:49 AM
RE: Signal generator - by WallaceRoger - 07-11-2017, 12:25 PM
RE: Signal generator - by morzh - 07-11-2017, 12:33 PM
RE: Signal generator - by Radioroslyn - 07-11-2017, 01:02 PM
RE: Signal generator - by morzh - 07-11-2017, 01:14 PM
RE: Signal generator - by WallaceRoger - 10-02-2017, 03:03 PM
RE: Signal generator - by Radioroslyn - 10-02-2017, 09:19 PM
RE: Signal generator - by WallaceRoger - 10-02-2017, 11:05 PM
RE: Signal generator - by Ron Ramirez - 10-03-2017, 10:24 AM
RE: Signal generator - by morzh - 10-03-2017, 10:59 AM
RE: Signal generator - by WallaceRoger - 10-03-2017, 11:55 AM
RE: Signal generator - by Eliot Ness - 10-03-2017, 12:11 PM
RE: Signal generator - by morzh - 10-03-2017, 01:22 PM
RE: Signal generator - by WallaceRoger - 10-03-2017, 01:22 PM



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