[Drakelist] Exploding Cap' ???

2012-08-25 Thread Damien Mannix
Hello all, I am embarrassed but most grateful for all the kindness and helpful advice given to me. Too many to thank individually but many many thanks to all. The safety advice is taken very seriously and I will be ultra cautious bearing in mind my inexperience. Already I am puzzled.

[Drakelist] exploding caps

2012-08-25 Thread richard radke
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Re: [Drakelist] Exploding Cap' ???

2012-08-25 Thread Richard Knoppow
- Original Message - From: Damien Mannix damienman...@hotmail.com To: drakelist@zerobeat.net Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 8:36 AM Subject: [Drakelist] Exploding Cap' ??? Hello all, I am embarrassed but most grateful for all the kindness and helpful advice given to me. Too

Re: [Drakelist] Exploding Cap' ???

2012-08-25 Thread Dennis Monticelli
Sounds like an arc over and there is usually some trace of carbon but it can be hard to identify at times. Another possibility is a cracked ceramic bleeder resistor. I am not familiar with the AC-4 but my L7 power supply uses large ceramic resistors and I had one develop a crack that was not

Re: [Drakelist] exploding caps

2012-08-25 Thread Charles Ring
On 8/25/2012 1215, richard radke wrote: Damien, This should tell you everything you need to know about the AC-4. http://www.wb4hfn.com/DRAKE/DrakeArticles/AC4_Troubleshooting/Drake_AC3-AC4_Troubleshooting.htm I get a Forbidden error there. -- *Charles Ring W3NU*

Re: [Drakelist] exploding caps

2012-08-25 Thread richard radke
Charles, I just try'd it and it went right to it...try this from the main page... it's the 1st item on the list of articles http:// www.wb4hfn.com/DRAKE/DrakeTechTips.htm Rick W9WS On Aug 25, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Charles Ring wrote: On 8/25/2012 1215, richard radke wrote: Damien,

Re: [Drakelist] exploding caps

2012-08-25 Thread Charles Ring
Got it, thanks. On 8/25/2012 1319, richard radke wrote: Charles, I just try'd it and it went right to it...try this from the main page... it's the 1st item on the list of articles http://www.wb4hfn.com/DRAKE/DrakeTechTips.htm Rick W9WS On Aug 25, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Charles Ring wrote: