[ARC5] LM and BC-221 adventures

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 20 Feb 2012 at 12:13, David Stinson wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> 
> > The rectifier was originally a 5Y3. Suddenly, the rectifier tubes
> > began to literally burn out or short internally, one after
> > another....
> 
> Leaky cap on the input of the filter is shunting current to
> ground and overloading the tubes.
> Betcha coffee and donuts ;-)

Betcha yer right! :-)

Ken