05-03-2021, 04:35 PM
You do not need a cap tester.
You simply need to replace all the said caps. No testing. The old ones are tossed. If you are really into a authentic restorations, you could save shells and re-stuff them with new ones, but few people do that (I do).
And the micas are better left alone. If you need to test them a DMM with a capacitance metering capabilities is all you will need.
A tube tester: depends on what you will get (or maybe you already have one). A mutual conductance types are recommended; simple emission measuring ones are not enough.
Hickok made good ones; myself, I have their 600A.
Once you get it, a manual is pretty good, and then you can ask here if you don't understand something.
You simply need to replace all the said caps. No testing. The old ones are tossed. If you are really into a authentic restorations, you could save shells and re-stuff them with new ones, but few people do that (I do).
And the micas are better left alone. If you need to test them a DMM with a capacitance metering capabilities is all you will need.
A tube tester: depends on what you will get (or maybe you already have one). A mutual conductance types are recommended; simple emission measuring ones are not enough.
Hickok made good ones; myself, I have their 600A.
Once you get it, a manual is pretty good, and then you can ask here if you don't understand something.
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