[NJARC] 116X working & smoking!

[sgt88 at atlanticbb.net]

Heck...if it continues to work...I'll just install a muffin fan...

On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:39:19 +0000 (UTC)
  oldradio at comcast.net wrote:
>  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
>
>
>  -.-
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> 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!
>
>  Just remember
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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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