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New and already smoking(literally)
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I am a complete novice with my only experience being recapping an Olympic Radio. Now I don't know what I've got into. I've got a Philco 40-190 that my Uncle's parents bought new. When he gave it to me he had plugged it in and said it smoked so I (being a novice) thought I would recap it and see if it would work as he said it worked 20 years ago when he stopped using it. So I plug it in and yep it smokes. The smoke is coming from a wire wound resistor that comes from the transformer and leads to another resistor among other things. This is #60 on the schematic and is a 150 ohm 1 watt resistor. I did check the resistance and it was about 135 ohms. Where should I look for a cause? Is 135 ohm okay? Any help would be appreciated but you might have to keep it simple as I am trying to learn as I go. Thank you.


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New and already smoking(literally) - by Fibber Mcgee - 02-03-2014, 02:35 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-03-2014, 03:29 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-03-2014, 03:38 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-03-2014, 08:34 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-03-2014, 09:14 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-04-2014, 10:35 AM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-04-2014, 11:28 AM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-04-2014, 11:18 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-05-2014, 11:50 AM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-05-2014, 11:51 AM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-06-2014, 10:35 AM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-06-2014, 10:51 AM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-06-2014, 11:24 AM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-06-2014, 12:18 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-06-2014, 05:55 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-06-2014, 06:54 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by gregb - 02-06-2014, 07:12 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-07-2014, 03:50 PM
RE: New and already smoking(literally) - by morzh - 02-09-2014, 11:23 PM



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