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One irritating little amp - VM 557
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Tim;
I was just going to mention the sand resistors, but Richard beat me to it. Those are a replace on sight item with me, they are the only wire wound resistors I have had fail just from sitting on a shelf. They have a habit of corroding, and the connection between the resistive wire and the ends tends to break down, in my opinion they are worth messing with. The two 2 Watt carbon com resistors with the rough bodies should also be checked, they don't behave like sand resistors but they do go up in value.
Regards
Arran


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One irritating little amp - VM 557 - by TV MAN - Yesterday, 08:57 PM
RE: One irritating little amp - VM 557 - by Arran - 8 hours ago



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