[Boatanchors] Here is a great tip for REFORMERS!!!

[lee]

You guys who think reforming caps is a great idea will love my following 
tip!  This is just for you.

As you all know many resistors go out of tolerance and move up in value over 
time.  Moisture enters old resistors over time. (Especially the IRC ones 
with mold seams along their length which Johnson used a lot).  New 1/2 watt 
resistors cost around 1 1/2 cents today in small quantities.  This is 
outrageous as a rig might contain 20 to 30 of them!  At these prices, you 
would have to invest an outrageous 30 cents to 45 cents replacing all of 
them.  Why waste your money?

Instead of wasting this money, just remove the resistors from the radio and 
place them on a cookie sheet and bake them for several hours in the XYL's 
oven at a low temperature, say 225 degrees F.  In many cases you will lower 
their resistance to again put them within tolerance thus saving up to 45 
cents on each restoration.  You just re-solder them back in place within 
their old circuit!  Doing this during Winter months will not cost you energy 
as the heat will slowly enter your wife's kitchen and help heat the adobe. 
Now you can not only reform your capacitors but reform your resistors too! 
(No charge for this tip).

It doesn't get better then this!

Keep GREEN  !!! Peace!  Hug your Boat Anchor.  It might blow up tomorrow!

Lee, w0vt