03-10-2026, 07:24 PM
Ditch the dimbulb.
I cannot stress that enough - this is a crude "exsessive current draw" tester, it is not good for anything else.
And whatever alignment you performed with that dimwit concoction, guess what - it is not fully valid. The alignment needs to be performed with the nominal power voltage.
About the tuning cap's sections: itis different for different caps.
Some actually intentionally use different size and value sections.
Some use the same.
The manufacturing tolerances 9this is not exactly a high-precision part) of each section will vary as much as any signle-section cap would. Yours is not bad.
And the differences - this is what the compensators are for. They compensate.
I cannot stress that enough - this is a crude "exsessive current draw" tester, it is not good for anything else.
And whatever alignment you performed with that dimwit concoction, guess what - it is not fully valid. The alignment needs to be performed with the nominal power voltage.
About the tuning cap's sections: itis different for different caps.
Some actually intentionally use different size and value sections.
Some use the same.
The manufacturing tolerances 9this is not exactly a high-precision part) of each section will vary as much as any signle-section cap would. Yours is not bad.
And the differences - this is what the compensators are for. They compensate.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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