12-12-2024, 11:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-12-2024, 11:51 AM by pamphonica.)
I loved the original video but Mr Rossman's follow up is also excellent, especially the last minute.
The repair was well handled. I don't have a thermal camera, so I tend to use a cheap secondhand "fault locator" (eg low-ohmmeter) with a tone that follows the resitance reading. Hy-trak or Toneohm.
A particular hate is all those tantalums on 1970s Tek modular testgear (5000/5000 series) that fail short, sometimes after a roman candle display of shooting fire from the top! You just follow the +ve and negative rails with the fault locator and listen for the highest squeak to locate the shorted component.
The repair was well handled. I don't have a thermal camera, so I tend to use a cheap secondhand "fault locator" (eg low-ohmmeter) with a tone that follows the resitance reading. Hy-trak or Toneohm.
A particular hate is all those tantalums on 1970s Tek modular testgear (5000/5000 series) that fail short, sometimes after a roman candle display of shooting fire from the top! You just follow the +ve and negative rails with the fault locator and listen for the highest squeak to locate the shorted component.
Jeremy. G8MLK. BVWS Chairman. British Vintage Wireless and TV Museum Friend.
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