[Boatanchors] Boatanchor folks: See?

[Ken Kaplan]

Um Duane, don't forget the fuse if it's still left after that Black Cat!

On 12/17/2012 10:54 PM, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
> As I recall from my middle teenage years, a well positioned Black Cat
> 1.5 inch firecracker worked very well when it came to the extraction of
> hard to get at capacitors or resistors. Since the extracted item was in
> a multitude of pieces, trying to test it for value, voltage handling
> etc. was rather futile! Play it safe, replace all of them! Then if the
> unit fails to work, you know it is due to a shorting power cord, as that
> is all that remains that you have niether tested and/or replaced!