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Picked up my first Transoceanic this weekend
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Had some time to investigate under the chassis. I had replaced the shorted power cord. The first thing I saw was a .047 cap basically split wide open (c31). I replaced it and since I currently don't have a variac or a dim bulb tester, all I can do is power it up, so I Tried it again and it still just buzzes.
So, I decided to try it with battery power. Using some of the batteries from my 1925 Liberty 5 set up, I immediately got good reception. I imagine the selenium rectifier and electrolytic s are shot. I think I'll order one of the reproduction battery boxes and run it that way for now. I'll spend 90% of it's time on display anyway until I can dig deeper. I have several ahead of it on my priority list. Nice to know it works if even only on batteries. Sounds good.


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RE: Picked up my first Transoceanic this weekend - by Groundhog74 - 11-10-2013, 02:51 PM



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