[ARC5] Powering an ARC-5 Receiver After Long Storage

[J. Forster]

The only risk I see is possibly overvoltaging a capacitor connected to the
tap on a resistive divider, where that tap also supplies tubes. An example
is a decoupling network for prior stages in an amp.

My reason for doing this is to test (and reform) bypass caps with no
current through the tubes.

Of course, if a tube is badly gassy, it could break down.

It seems to me, the B+ test is an easy overall health check. I bought an
HP 6209B Power Supply a while ago for this purpose.

-John

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> I have always thought that applying B+  without applying filament power to
> be a concern for tube gear.
>
> Is this correct?
>
> Wayne
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