[AMRadio] Search for a valiant/ Don't Be Swayed

Larry Szendrei ne1s at securespeed.us
Sat Apr 27 11:16:34 EDT 2013


On 4/26/13 5:19 PM, Charles Ring wrote:
> Are there any Valiants left with the 866 filament winding of the main 
> transformer still good?
>
I've worked on 3 Valiants in more-or-less recent years and it was still 
fine in all of them.

I have seen problems at the 866 sockets with arcing from the filament 
pins to chassis. Mounting the sockets on insulating standoffs below 
chassis level solves that.

73,
-Larry/NE1S


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