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Originally Posted by bigaudioal
Also, can I use the center terminal of the old candohm as a mounting point? Leave the orange wire there and attach one end of each new resistor there. Then remove the yellow and red wires from the old candohm and connect to the proper new resistors?
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Only if you
first remove all three wires and check the candohm for center terminal to chassis resistance.
Many candohms carbonize the insulator when they overheat and fail, and that leaves a high resistance path to ground.
Overheating also boils out the wax that was formerly kept the insulator dry and that too can cause them to absorb moisture on a damp day, although this normally is not a problem as they almost never were used in critical circuits.
James