[Hallicrafters] HT-32A PS Capacitor

[Roy Morgan]

At 08:59 PM 5/15/2005, steven arterberry wrote:
>My HT-32 has a large hum on the carrier in the DSB(AM) position.... The 
>hum still persists.  Could it be C90 (the oil-filled electrolytic)?

It is possible

>  Do these ever go bad?

Almost never.

I suggest you substitute tubes in the audio section to see if you have a 
cathode to filament leak in one of them.  (All 6U8's are highly suspect.  I 
can't remember if the HT-32 has any or not.)

Roy

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