[Boatanchors] Electrolytic Reforming Time

[w4awm at aol.com]

Y'all haven't lived until you experience an oil filled in a 5KW BC rig go off! Talk about damage and a toxic mess. Didn't know about toxic back then!

73,

John,  W4AWM

  

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: WA5CAB <WA5CAB at cs.com>
To: al <al at ar88.net>; boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, Dec 30, 2011 11:18 pm
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Electrolytic Reforming Time


Al,

Was the rectifier shorted after the explosion?

In a message dated 12/30/2011 21:01:23 PM Central Standard Time, 
al at ar88.net writes: 
> I'm with Carl on this one.  I'd started to go easy on replacing 
> electrolytics, as a lot of the post-war ones seemed to come around and 
> function OK.
> 
> THEN, a Sprague twist-prong that had been working happily for two weeks 
> exploded.  There was a bunch of shredded material on the PS, but the can 
> was not in evidence.  A little looking around found it across the great 
> room, and a little more looking revealed a 3/4" deep dent 16 feet up on 
> the cathedral ceiling,
> 
> 'nuff said!
> 
> Al
> 
> On 12/30/2011 9:20 PM, Geoff wrote:
> >Just replace all electrolytics as dried out electrolytes will not 
> magically
> >repair themselves.
> >Reforming is pure folly as a complete failure will happen but you cant
> >predict it.
> >
> >Carl
> >KM1H
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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