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In Reply to: RE: I would not purchase a thirty year old component posted by gango67@hotmail.com on January 19, 2025 at 09:13:12:
Thirty year old electrolytic capacitors are suspect, even in a sealed unit. They age (dry out) just sitting on a shelf, so that's but one reason E-Stat asked if you're a gambler.
You might find someone who could test the caps for you ahead of plugging it in. Then you'll want to bring it up on a Variac to slowly reform the caps, which may or may not be good once they're brought up to voltage.
If you're handy with DIY, you might save yourself a bit of money. But if you're not, you could end up paying someone to replace all the electrolytic caps, and then running tests on it after that to see if it meets specifications.
Good luck with it.
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- As long as you're prepeared to pay to have it worked on - 1973shovel 09:31:52 01/19/25 (1)
- RE: As long as you're prepeared to pay to have it worked on - gango67@hotmail.com 10:55:28 01/19/25 (0)
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