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Philco 60B Capacitor Question
Mondial
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10-24-2013, 07:09 PM
That could be a high resistance short which would arc and put AC into the cap as the voltage is raised.

From your resistance measurements, there is no B+ short and the transformer looks OK.

So it seems that its either the rectifier tube or the shorting wiring which may be the problem?
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Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 12:22 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-24-2013, 01:43 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 03:23 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-24-2013, 04:28 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 04:43 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-24-2013, 04:59 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by BrendaAnnD - 10-24-2013, 05:04 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 05:14 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 05:21 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 05:46 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-24-2013, 06:05 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 06:13 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 06:25 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-24-2013, 06:42 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by LASJayhawk - 10-24-2013, 06:50 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 06:55 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 07:02 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-24-2013, 07:09 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-24-2013, 07:14 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by morzh - 10-24-2013, 08:13 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 06:23 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by EricS - 10-25-2013, 08:21 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-25-2013, 09:14 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by BrendaAnnD - 10-25-2013, 09:17 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 10:17 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-25-2013, 10:28 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by EricS - 10-25-2013, 10:52 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 10:55 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-25-2013, 11:03 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 11:08 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-25-2013, 11:14 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 11:20 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-25-2013, 11:56 AM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by LASJayhawk - 10-25-2013, 12:11 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 01:02 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-25-2013, 02:20 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 02:44 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-25-2013, 03:25 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 03:37 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-25-2013, 03:47 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 04:00 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 04:05 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by BrendaAnnD - 10-25-2013, 07:15 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 08:15 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-25-2013, 08:37 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-25-2013, 09:07 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-28-2013, 12:16 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-28-2013, 03:00 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Mondial - 10-28-2013, 04:28 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-28-2013, 05:10 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-29-2013, 12:37 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-29-2013, 01:24 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 10-29-2013, 05:59 PM
RE: Philco 60B Capacitor Question - by Jamie - 11-03-2013, 09:04 PM



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