[Hallicrafters] SX-28/A advise PLEASE read

[Edward B Richards]

Right you are, Gary. BE certain to replace them with a special power line
rated cap. These are designed to fail "open" rather than "shorted".

73, Ed Richards K6UUZ
AMI member #1534


On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 15:47:22 -0500 "GBrown" <gkbrown at gwi.net> writes:
> As I was trying to check into the net today, contest QRM got me, I 
> was
> working on a SX-28. Here is some advise. On the line side of the AC 
> plug,
> there is a bypass cap, .01 at 600V. Some of these caps were mica. I 
> know, micas
> don't fail very often.........BUT, while it was just sitting there, 
> no power
> turned on, BOOM.....this darn cap blew the side out of it. I 
> couldn't
> believe it. A closer check showed that it had been arcing for 
> awhile. I
> changed it and also the other bypass cap on the AC line. This could 
> of
> caused a fire and I STRONGLY suggest that anyone with a working 
> SX-28/A or
> anything in that time era, check there schematics for any bypass 
> caps on the
> line side of the on/off switch. An ounce of prevention..........
> Regards,
> Gary...WZ1M
> 
> 
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