I removed a packing blanket covering the Dumont Doghouse a set i put away to sit dorment for 2 1/2 months after a total recap. Within less than a minute a rock hard stable image, Other than changing channels i played with the volume control. It dawned on me this set with new eletrolytics and polyester metal film caps will now have greater stability than when it first came off of the assembly line. Come to think of it my other recaped sets share this characteristic.
Moral of the story is ... being a technician of current electronics i would normally turn on observe, diagnose and repair. The important lesson i got from this
forum is recap first before applying power. Short of having the crap beat out of me with a big stick it was tough at first to change my approch in restoring
rare and old electronics, Now i reap good results and great rewards.
Cunfusous says "many leaky caps cause many confusion in troubleshooting"
Red raster says "how amazing, only one wax cap out of twenty tests within specs" (maybe less if temperature change is factored in).
