[R-390] The adventure begins (and a capacitor question).

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> These are great ideas.  I'll have to get some of that DeOxit stuff.  But I'm
> a big fan of pre-emptively changing capacitors.  I guess this comes from
> getting what was my grandfather's Stromberg Carlson Model 60 working.  This
> radio was from the 1930's and the capacitors were pretty ugly.  There was
> waxy oily stuff dripping off of many of them and some were encased in tar.
> So I was pretty ruthless.  I replaced every single paper, oil, or
> electrolytic capacitor with polyester or a new electrolytic and now it works
> great.  Maybe that's overkill, but I won't have to worry about those
> capacitors for a long time.
> 
> John
> 


No arguments here, John.  I don't think it's overkill.

I have to laugh at the high end restoration jobs on radios like your
Stromberg-Carlson where they hide the new caps by wrapping them in the old
wax electrolytic shells.  (Let's make it look like the original fire hazard
it used to be.)


Barry