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Old 16th Oct 2022, 10:30 am   #93
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Default Re: Heirloom item help please

Just a photo of the underside of the chassis where all the components are should tell if the capacitors are a reliable type or not. IF it's full of Mullard mustards you can put the chassis back without doing anything. If it's got Hunts Moldseals or other such horrors then some preventative maintenance is recommended!

To be fair on Hunts, the moldseals were fine in their day but were not envisaged to last some 50 odd years and are way out of their design life. Non-use doesn't play much of a part in their life....they absorb moisture from the air over a period of time and will deteriorate.
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