[NJARC] 47 crosley TV poping fuses

[Aaron Hunter]

Wayne

Probably a shorted cap., but a shorted rectifier is not out of the 
question.  I lost a transformer once to a shorted 5Y4 in a radio.  Look 
and see if the filament is broken in your rectifier.  An ohmmeter should 
show up a shorted cap.

Aaron

Wayne Zakaras wrote:

> hi guys
> I have a 47 crosley tv that was working just fine until recently
> My kids left it powered on for as few days and I turned it off
> 
> A few weeks later I went to turn it on and it was dead.  It poped the fuse
> I replaced the fuse and it popped immediately on power on.
> 
> Does this sound like a bad cap in the power supply opr possibly a bad
> rectifier tube.  ??  I
> THanks
> Wayne
> wcz at comcast.net  or wcz at exit109.com
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