Don't sweat or nitpick the power consumption. Bring it up slowly with the variac if you have one, and if it doesn't blow a fuse or show abnormally high current drain as you go, bring it on up to the full line voltage. If it still hasn't blown a fuse, listen for hum, in case the electrolytics have fizzled. If all is OK so far, check to see if the VR tubes are ignited. If so, everything is probably go. If not, measure voltages and see why the power supply output voltage is below normal. The normal power consumption of a receiver like that should be somewhere between 75 and 100 watts. That means about 1 amp of line current.
If you don't have a variac, just make sure the proper line fuse is in place and hope it doesn't blow when you apply power. A bank of 3-5 100w light bulbs in parallel could be inserted in series with the line cord as a current limiting resistor the first time it is fired up. If it pulls a little too much current the first time it is turned on, once the electrolytics have re-formed, the power drain should decrease down to normal. The main thing to worry about is that something might be shorted and damage the rectifier tube, power transformer or both the first time it is powered up if no precautions are taken. But that's what the manufacturer put a line fuse in the circuit for. Once it passes the smoke test, be gentle with it until it accepts full line voltage without abnormalities. Don k4kyv _______________________________________________________________ This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
