[Boatanchors] Valiant a OK now!

[K0DAN]

CONGRATS! Glad you got it going and without having to clean up electrolyte 
or buy new parts. Your new year is starting off successfully!
73
Dan
K0DAN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Roth" <wc4r at lycos.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 4:41 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Valiant a OK now!


>
>   Thanks all for the pointers. A couple of you hit the problem dead on.
>                           Ok, I have a red face!
>   I went by the color of the leads of the old caps, C93, but as I looked
>    over my work and was getting set up to check the socket voltages, I
>                     decided to review the schematics.
>   I did a few double takes and couldn't believe what I was reading. Are
>    these schematics right I wondered? Study a bit more, considered the
>   circuit, and the light bulb went off... C93 WAS backwards. Dang I was
>                      lucky those didn't make a bang!
>    Lesson: don't trust old wire color.Verify by the schematics! I feel
>         sorry for the many new hams that can not read schematics.
>             On the air I go with a good start to the new year.
>                                   73 all
>                                    Joe
>
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