[time-nuts] I am a nut

Joseph Gray jgray at zianet.com
Wed Mar 2 14:53:57 EST 2016


I'll probaly not touch it. The reference is certainly good enough for
any radio repair. I just thought it was funny that at 0.2 Hz, my first
impulse was to "fix" it.

Joe Gray
W5JG


On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com> wrote:
> Speaking of Wavetek 3000's:  They are choc-O-block full of
> axial leaded electrolytic capacitors made in Mexico.  Sad to
> report that they will most all be bad at this point.  Their
> failure is in the rubber seal for the positive terminal.  It
> allows the capacitor to dry out rendering its bulk capacitance
> null and void.
>
> Electrolytic capacitors marked "Mexico" reached the replace
> on sight stage a good 20 years ago.
>
> The trimmer caps on the reference aren't generally a problem.
>
> -Chuck Harris
>
> paul swed wrote:
>>
>> Umm Joe.
>> A good sign of a recovering time-nut is to know when to just say "no!".
>> Funny ended up with a wavetek 3000 sig gen circa 1980 if I had to guess.
>> Its main oscillator is 18Hz high. Yes the desire to adjust it is the first
>> impulse. The second is when I tweak that cap all heck is going to break
>> loose. You just know the caps gone bad.
>> So considering what and how I would use it there actually was no reason to
>> foul it all up.
>> Regards
>> Paul
>>
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