[NJARC] 47 crosley TV poping fuses

[Yardleyite at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/24/2004 6:26:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
wcz at exit109.com writes:

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



Wayne,
            I'd  definitely suspect the power supply electrolytics. If 
they've never been  replaced before (or in a long time), the power supply should be 
completely  recapped. Hopefully if that's your problem, the caps didn't take 
anything along  with them and saved your power transformer and other 
components. 
 
Regarding the rectifier tube, have you tested it? A bad rectifier won't  
necessarily blow a fuse. 
                        
The best of luck,
                        Joe  Cro N3IBX