[Heathkit] Heathkit Power Transformers

[john]

Cheap junk...can't even get 60 years of use out of 'em these days!!
:-)
John K5MO

At 08:01 PM 1/30/2012, William Houghton wrote:
>I just read the sad story of the demise of the DX-40 power transformer and 
>Glen
>Zook's comments that they often failed after just a few weeks. This begs the
>question as to whether most Heathkit ham gear was powered by undersized power
>transformers? Yet, here we are 30 to 40 yrs later and a lot of pieces have
>survived with the original transformers still buzzing & humming for our 
>hamming.
>
>73,
>Bill, WA6NEQ
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