[R-390] IF deck caps

[Jim Brannigan]

Jerry,
I'm in the middle of doing some TLC to my '67 EAC.  So far I have only
replaced the "Rippel" suggested Caps.
I'm hearing some "popcorn" noises and am far more concerned about the .005
1KV coupling caps.

Jim


> I know the failure rate of Black and Brown Beauties, but do the yellow
> Aerovox jobs suffer a high failure rate too? I ask because I just (groan)
> looked at the nearly 20 of them packed into the underside of this Teledyne
> IF deck that will require replacement if ALL the paper caps must be
changed
> out. Some of them are pretty well buried. My other 390A, which was gone
over
> prior to my purchase by a fairly well known rebuilder, had only C-553 and
> the BBOD's replaced, all the original yellow Aerovox's were left in. Was
> this a bad move on the restorer's part? That particular radio has worked
> like a champ for 3 years now.
> Jerry W5KP
>
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