I thought I had the henry 2K up and running.Power out abt 1100 watts on
all bands. Now another problem. It occasionally lets out a loud bang in
the power supply. I found some slight evidence of arcing on the top of
one of the oil filled capacitors (where the wire goes in on top, there
is a band of ceramic insulating the connector from the metal body) that
insulating material looks as though it arced. After these loud bangs
occur the HI-Voltage is down abt 400 volts (2200 from 2600volts).
However after things cool down voltage and all is back to nornal until
the next BANG. Tonight I also heard a singing or some such sound from
the RF deck. This usually happens after the amp has been powered up for
at least 5 minutes. Is this a symtem of one of these oil filled caps
failing? The arcing mark I see is very faint and may be old but the wife
saw a flash and is sure it came from that cap. suggestions? stan/kb8jlv
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