[time-nuts] LAVOIE LA-800D WWV Timebase Receiver

EB4APL eb4apl at cembreros.jazztel.es
Mon Dec 21 19:39:16 UTC 2009


Dave,

These old oil capacitors usually were filled with PCB which is hazardous 
to health and have to be disposed in a proper way. Probably already you 
know it and this warning is superfluous and , but anyway it may be 
useful to somebody else.

Regards,
Ignacio, EB4APL

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Dave wrote:
> What was interesting about this rig, was there was only one 
> electrolytic cap I could identify and it was a low voltage one.  All 
> the large power supply caps appear to be oil filled caps.  After the 
> USUAL procedure of gradually raising the line voltage and letting it 
> cook for awhile (just a metaphor - don't be alarmed :) I did notice 
> the AC line filter was getting warm and smelly.  I will end up 
> changing it.  I don't usually change resistors and capacitors unless 
> they actually are out of range or noisy.  I prefer to troubleshoot to 
> the actual problem rather than shotgun change parts.
> I really would like to get some information and help with this rig 
> instead of just a discussion about how to power up an old radio.  I 
> appreciate any help you can provide.
>
> Dave




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