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A Beginner's Journey: The Philco 40-190
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07-07-2008, 11:48 PM
DeckApe Wrote:(3) And this is unrelated, at least in the short term: after sifting my way through the technial whatnot, is my understanding of a Variac correct in that it is essentially a variable-voltage-AC-output?

Be gentle with a newbie, good folk, and you may find a new hobbyist on your hands. Icon_wink

This one looks unmolested enough to not have to rewrite the restoration bible again. Get a handful of caps and start replacing them. 95% odds that it will work.
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[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-07-2008, 03:39 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 07-07-2008, 09:45 PM
Re: A Beginner's Journey: The Philco 40-190 - by exray - 07-07-2008, 11:48 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-08-2008, 07:27 PM
[No subject] - by Michael Dennis - 07-08-2008, 10:14 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-09-2008, 12:24 AM
[No subject] - by Michael Dennis - 07-09-2008, 07:05 AM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-17-2008, 12:46 AM
[No subject] - by gary rabbitt - 07-17-2008, 03:04 AM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-17-2008, 11:57 AM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-18-2008, 11:28 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-21-2008, 12:38 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-24-2008, 11:17 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-27-2008, 09:29 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-29-2008, 01:16 AM
[No subject] - by BDM - 07-29-2008, 08:56 AM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 07-29-2008, 12:20 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 08-14-2008, 01:09 AM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 08-14-2008, 11:48 AM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 08-14-2008, 10:37 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 08-15-2008, 08:04 AM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 08-15-2008, 05:30 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 08-16-2008, 03:38 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 08-16-2008, 04:17 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 08-16-2008, 05:02 PM
[No subject] - by DeckApe - 08-21-2008, 01:08 AM
Re: - by Chuck Schwark - 09-07-2008, 10:49 PM
Re: A Beginner's Journey: The Philco 40-190 - by Guest - 09-16-2008, 08:30 PM
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