[Hammarlund] National NC-173

Wed, 5 May 2004 13:15:03 -0500

Thank you Grant, Joe and George! I clipped the .01 caps out of the circuit
and it is perfect.  I will put a 3 prong on. Dan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Youngman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Hammarlund] National NC-173


> Almost forgot ...  while you're in there, put in a grounded 3-wire
> power cord ...
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
> > Unplug it :-)
> >
> > A likely cause of this is that there are typically a couple of bypass
> > caps on the primary side of the power transformer -- usually right
> at
> > the AC line termination in the receiver, and one or both may be
> leaky.
> >  Presuming you have those, clip them out.  You could replace
> them with
> > new caps, but it isn't really necessary.
> >
> > Of course, you could have a problem with a transformer winding
> or
> > something else, too, but those pesky caps are the first thing I'd
> look
> > for.
> >
> > Grant/NQ5T
> >
> > > Hello I just got a National NC-173 and the chassis must hot! My
> > long
> > > wire ant touched the chassis and blew a fuse. I know these
> must
> > be
> > > common to all boat anchors how do I isolate the chassis from
> the
> > ac?
> > > Dan
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