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To: Dalberg-Acton
> I hope the power supply capacitors don’t dry out while I wait for THAT to happen!

LOL I have an old early-70's Fender Twin Reverb tube amp with the original electrolytics. It doesn't see regular club action any more (I am older and have smaller/lighter amps for that), so I turn it on every few months and warm it up, just to rebuild the dielectric in the caps. Otherwise it may get exciting the -next- time...

9 posted on 03/24/2018 10:13:15 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored
I've read you can revive old tube equipment that has set a long time with a variable transformer. To slowly raise the voltage so the caps don't blow.


10 posted on 03/24/2018 10:43:14 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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