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How do you check power transformer?
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Agreed.

Just had an instance of that a month or two ago.  Went to a seller's house to look at a 5-S-29, and got a bad feeling 'cause the primary seemed to be open.  Seller wouldn't budge on price though because he knew what the radio was worth.  So I brought it home at his price--still not a bad price, just couldn't talk him down lower.

First thing I did when I got home was pull the the chassis and check the transformer proper.  It's fine.  It's the switch that's bad.


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How do you check power transformer? - by w4usf - 04-17-2015, 06:16 PM
RE: How do you check power transformer? - by palegreenthumb - 04-24-2015, 02:33 AM



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