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Originally Posted by vortalexfan
How would I variac the radio out of the cabinet? I can't run the radio outside the cabinet because of how the interlock plug is made on this radio.
Also I had figured out that the diode I wired into the radio to replace the selenium rectifier shorted because I wired it in backwards unintentionally because I was wiring it up how it was on the selenium rectifier which had the cathode marked with a (+) sign which made me think it was the anode side because of how it was marked.
But the only thing is that when I replaced and properly wired in properly, there was no audio but the tubes were lit.
What would be going on?
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Having the diode wired backwards could have damaged your electrolytic caps , but first things first there is usually a resistor between the rectifier and and the filter caps , that's the first check you should make and hopefully if that resistor smoked it saved your filter caps in the process .
Also , if at all possible when replacing a chassis mounted multi cap with single caps , it's best to mount a terminal strip and use that to install your new caps .