19 set caveats

[Mike K]

Derek

yes you can fire it up and recieve ... I was doing the same as you 25 years ago.

There are high voltages flying around that can bite you but if you are sensible than its nothing to worry about.

The most important thing is to check the state of the capacitors .. over time they tend to dry out and shorts result. A quick check.. use a 12v supply and a ammeter in series and touch the HT input pins on the front socket .. against ground ... if there are any shorted caps the ammeter will show the leakage. A light globe will do it also.. if it lights up.. you have leaky caps. Dont put any higher voltage through it until you know the caps are OK .. it will blow the HT fuse in the PSU front panel if caps leak . Its worth replacing the caps anyway ... old ones can short anytime and new ones will last years.

The genemotors are bullet proof .. oil the bearings and check the filter caps in it.

I've owned about ten of them... from a design point of view, they tried to cram too much onto one chassis .. making the set a very awkard maintenance nightmare....

Mike