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Back in the days when I worked on live chassis equipment I always used an iso tranny as we didn't have earth leakage breakers then (70's). I saw a colleague being electrocuted and unable to let go. Fortunately he eventually threw himself backwards and ripped the mains plug out as he went. He was o/k but very shaken. Could have been much worse. I don't take any chances. Especially when you are working on your own.
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I didn't get to do as much on the Marconi this weekend as I thought I would, but right now the priority is ordering new resistors. I am really surprised how bad the situation is, usually when I work on vintage audio equipment from the same era, the original resistors are mostly fine - but this thing is way out to lunch, some are double the original value, some are half.. it's just all over the place. It "works" as-is, but it's certainly not working as per original design. Considering that over 50% of the ones I have measured are way off, I'm tempted to just change all of them. This will be a lot of work, but I can't see another way to make it work like new. What kind of resistors to buy as replacements? I'm thinking 1/2W 1% metal films for the majority, and then 2W and 5W metal film for the larger ones as needed. Unfortunately the schematic doesn't give power ratings, so I have to figure them out. |
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With resistors in older gear I tend to go double the wattage since a 1/2 watt resistor nowadays is about half the physical size of the original 1/2 watt. Metal film resistors seem fine. I know some have concerns about breakdown with high voltages but I've not had any failures (yet).
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By saying the resistors are far off, how far off are they? The resistor values are generally not too critical except for some circuits. You may find changing all the resistors a wasted effort if it doesn't make any noticeable difference.
Note most are likely +/-20%. Even outside that it often Doesn't matter. It would be better to focus on the capacitors and only attack the resistors if there is a specific problem. |
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I usually find the higher value resistors to be the worst offenders. At least you will have peace of mind if you change them all. That chassis came up very clean. It must have been stored in a dry smoke free environment. In Aus back in the seventies a lot of houses had oil heaters. The chassis would be covered in a layer of soot/slime. Very hard to clean.
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Finally got back to this, complete recap save for ceramic or mica capacitors, installed terminal strip for new electrolytics. Cleaned tuner.
Holy smokes, instant gratification... Turned it on and it works almost perfect with only a small tweak of the controls. Bit of snow in the image, probably a weak tuner tube, and the CRT is kind of tired. Going to test all the tubes, and see if I can't make it perfect before it goes back in the cabinet. |
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"Holy smokes, instant gratification... Turned it on and it works almost perfect with only a small tweak of the controls."
Wao! Izzat cool or what. |
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Great result. Don't be afraid to give the CRT a mild rejuvenation. I've found that old B&W CRT's respond well and stay that way for a long time.
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I did try to rejuvinate it, and it didn't really do anything for it. It's the original Marconi CRT, so I think it's just tired. It tests in the yellow area, it does make a decent enough picture, but you have to crank up brightness to get it to look nice.
I did most of the work back in May, and have been too busy since then to get back to it. Now that it's working, I need to get the cabinet cleaned up and looking nice. I like the way the top comes off the cabinet, exposing all the working parts. One thing I'm not entirely sure about, is how tight to make the band which holds the CRT to the base board. I don't want to overdo it, for obvious reasons. |
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Tightening a CRT band always causes tightening of a certain muscle in the body!! Especially when the CRT is mounted on lugs only and the whole weight of the CRT relies on the band.
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