[Amps] Astrons catching on Fire

[Vic K2VCO]

m.ford wrote:

> The RS-70 is s/n 98080093. I bought it back in the late 90's and
> when it started to smell I took the cover off and saw the familiar
> pc board mounted on top of the familiar cheap cap. I saved the board
> and replaced the cap with two other ones. When I went to adjust the
> voltage I found no such adjustment, just a resistor to change. I guess
> the expensive potentiometer was more important to get rid of than fixing
> the potential fire hazard of putting a roof over the filter cap.

What did you replace the cap with?  What parameters are important here?

My RS70 (about 4 years old) does have a pot to adjust the voltage.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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