Thank you Gentlemen!!!
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 11:59:34 -0400
"Tony Brock-Fisher" <barockteer@aol.com> thus spake:
> Non-6100 specific advice:
>
> The big concern is primarily the electrolytic caps. Depending on the power
> supply design, you could first pull out the rectifier tubes (assuming its not
> solid state) and power up slowly from a variac watching for smoke. Bring it
> up slowly, 5 volts every 5 minutes. If all is well without the rectifiers,
> turn it off and plug them back in. Repeat the slow power up, but maybe give
> it a long time around 80VAC (or whatever line voltage gets the rectier
> filaments hot enough to start making HV), maybe 24 hrs. Check for
> appropriate voltages out of the power supply - if any supplies are not coming
> up, suspect a shorted cap in that one. You want to check any electrolytics
> carefully during the process. Feel them (watch out for HV on the cans) to see
> if they are warm. If they are bad they will get warm/hot, and may start
> leaking, or even go bang.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> -Tony K1KP
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