[Boatanchors] Viking 1 oil filled capacitor help

[rayfri]

A puddle of oil is a very good sign that it's gone bad.  HI HI.    Had 
the same thing happen in a filter capacitor in an
HQ 170 I had years ago.    Set the clock timer to turn the radio on at 4 
in the morning so that it would have plenty of time
to warm up and get rid of drift.     I came down to the shack at 9 in 
the morning.....    PUDDLE.      Filter cap had
gone boom and oil all over the desk and under the chassis of the 
radio.....    Gooey, sticky mess it was.....
Ray  WA7ITZ


Kevin Lunde wrote:

> Glen,
> I had a nice puddle of oil on my desk.  I'm afraid it's toast.
> Kevin
>
> Glen Zook wrote:
>
>> Are you sure it is bad?  Of course if it is missing .
>> . .
>>
>> Oil filled capacitors seldom go bad.
>>
>> Glen, K9STH
>>
>> --- Kevin Lunde <klunde at gondtc.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of a source for the 10mfd. 1000V oil
>> filled capacitor in a Viking 1?  It's C9 on my schematic.
>>
>> Glen, K9STH
>>
>> Web sites
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>> http://home.comcast.net/~k9sth
>> http://home.comcast.net/~zcomco
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