[NJARC] 116X working & smoking!

[oldradio at comcast.net]

It just goes to prove that all radios need smoke to operate properly.  Let the smoke escape and the radio stops working.

73, John Dilks, K2TQN


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From: sgt88 at atlanticbb.net
To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 2:35:14 PM
Subject: [NJARC] 116X working & smoking!

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...smoking in the REAL sense...

I installed a new 10uf 450v electrolytic on the trans center tap to ground.

Checked it with an ohmmeter...got 1 Meg...seemed good to me.

Was listening on BC band..."warming up" for the contest!

After 1 minute, the top of the cap STREAMED smoke like a volcano!!!...more 
like the beam radiation from Quasar!!!

The previous one - rated only 160v - didn't pop...just smoked.

The negative lead goes to ground.

What the heck is going on?

Steve T.

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