[Hallicrafters] mildew probs

[Nash4447 at cs.com]

I don't know what it is about tube checkers but they just seem to attract 
mildew like magnets. Almost everyone I have purchased has had that distinctive 
smell - the ones in wooden boxes are particularly prone.

The last one I bought I took out of the box and noticed that one capacitor 
was particulary tasty to the mildew so it was the first replaced. I then bought 
an aerosol can of mold/mildew killer ( Lysol?) and lightly sprayed the wiring 
harness and a few other parts. I then put the unit outside in the sun on 
several very hot days to cook.

Used the aerosol on the inside of the box also.

After about a week of the spray/cook routine, the odor is just about all gone 
- certainly a lot more tolerable that when the unit first arrived. 

73s Glenn  K6PZT