And thank you too. Have manual, found it, agree that is does not seem to
do anything. I will excise it and find out for sure, but still its
function is unknown, and other such have resistors in series. See C-59'

Jim

Ed Engelken writes:


: Jim DeClercq wrote:
: Hello
:
: I now have one HRO-60, which I have wanted since I did not have $800 in
: 1965, and it has one part that can cause fatal damage.
:
: It is a dual 40 mfd electrolitic between one of the power transformer
: windings and ground, and the power transformer is made of unobtanium.
:
: ===============================
: Jim:

: The part that will kill your power transformer is C-118, the 0.1 uF
: capacitor connected from one side of the high-voltage winding to
: ground. When it shorts, your power transformer is history. C-118 has
: killed more power transformers in more HRO-60s than shorted filter
: capacitors. The line fuse will not protect your transformer. By the
: time it blows, the transformer is gone.

: My advise it to remove C-118 and do not replace it at all -- it is not
: needed.

: --Ed


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