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Interesting issue with 48-482
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01-03-2021, 10:27 AM
My limited experience is that these early FM sets are sensitive to changes in B+. So, now that you have restored the power supply and are feeding a little more voltage to it you might have to take the B+ down a notch . Try using a variac (if you have access to one) to lower the AC a bit.
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Interesting issue with 48-482 - by BrendaAnnD - 01-03-2021, 08:56 AM
RE: Interesting issue with 48-482 - by RodB - 01-03-2021, 10:27 AM
RE: Interesting issue with 48-482 - by BrendaAnnD - 01-03-2021, 11:00 AM
RE: Interesting issue with 48-482 - by RodB - 01-03-2021, 11:55 AM
RE: Interesting issue with 48-482 - by morzh - 01-03-2021, 12:30 PM
RE: Interesting issue with 48-482 - by BrendaAnnD - 01-10-2021, 10:35 AM
RE: Interesting issue with 48-482 - by morzh - 01-10-2021, 01:18 PM
RE: Interesting issue with 48-482 - by BrendaAnnD - 01-10-2021, 06:51 PM
RE: Interesting issue with 48-482 - by morzh - 01-10-2021, 10:42 PM



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