[Hallicrafters] What would you do?

[Roy Morgan]

On Oct 4, 2012, at 4:45 PM, rbethman wrote:

> Jerome,
>
> 1. ... Disconnect fan plug from chassis FIRST .
> 3. Note ALL those plastic tubular capacitors,... Replace ALL.
> 4. Look at the yellow paper filter caps located below the transformer.
> ...Replace them.
>
> That is where you START.

But, in my humble opinion, the next thing you do is NOT, repeat NOT,  
"bring it up slowly on a variac".
(though danger is minimized if you have new filter caps.)

Diatribe on this topic on request.

Roy

Roy Morgan
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