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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson
Re electrolytics, I have had poor luck with reforming electrolytics and don't even bother trying it any more.
I don't like crossing my fingers every time I turn on a set, so I don't leave any decades-old electrolytics in place. If you burn up an "unobtanium" power transformer, as I have, you'll see why I just replace the danged things now.
They can easily be restuffed, and it's cheap insurance.
Phil Nelson
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I admit the power transformer issue worries me. This model has numerous fuses. There two additional places that I might fuse to protect the transformer.
It's difficult to explain why I chose to go this way. There are people, few, who want everything original and don't care if the TV works. There are those who restuff all the paper and electolytics to keep it looking the same. There are those who feel that repairs are part of the history and that they don't need to be hidden. There is at least one poster who said he replaces all of the resistors in addition to the caps. The extreme would be buying an old set from Harry Poster that has had a modern TV installed into the cabinet.
I'm a combination of some set of the above. I enjoy doing repairs as long as it doesn't involve unobtainium, so having a reason to haul the chassis out again doesn't daunt me. In fact, I look forward to it.
John