[ICOM] IC-765 question

[Marc & Tricia Niebergall]

Rich,
Thanks for another great idea.

Marc
On Apr 23, 2015 9:01 AM, "Rich Dailey" <redailey1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In lieu of a meter, you might try the following: Let the rig run for
> several hours, or a day, and see if the power cycles on
> and off without the delay. If it is normal, lightly freeze spray areas of
> the power supply while cycling power until the delay
> reoccurs. Then localize the spraying to individual caps, until you find the
> culprit(s). Sometimes requires heating the area back up with a blow dryer.
>
> Use to be the 'poor-man's' troubleshooting procedure, but not so much
> today, considering the prices I'm seeing for freeze spray -hi.
>
> Rich, N8UX
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Marc & Tricia Niebergall <
> mtniebs at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > When pushing the AC on switch there is sometimes a pause of a couple
> > seconds before the rig powers up.  Other times it comes on almost
> > instantly.  This usually occurs on the first application of the day.
> Don't
> > know if it is a relay or an electrolytic capacitor taking time to charge
> or
> > what.  I changed two 33uf electrolytics in the power supply that were
> > swollen, but no change.  Any suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marc-k7wxk
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