Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.
A few minutes ago I heard a crackle followed by silence and my nice new lamp shunt had expired. It was 5W so should have been fine.
I fitted the previously wrongly fitted 33Ω one and that lit up like a one-bar fire. Anybody want to guess the fault?
It was indeed the filter cap. I'd left it alone as I hadn't got a replacement and it seemed OK and I'd assumed that if it did fail it'd just explode or blow the fuse. Actually this is the first radio I've done and not fitted an internal fuse as I couldn't find space.
I certainly haven't covered myself with glory on this job as I've also spotted a couple more Hunt's grinning at me. Where's me side-cutters?
- Joe
A few minutes ago I heard a crackle followed by silence and my nice new lamp shunt had expired. It was 5W so should have been fine.
I fitted the previously wrongly fitted 33Ω one and that lit up like a one-bar fire. Anybody want to guess the fault?
It was indeed the filter cap. I'd left it alone as I hadn't got a replacement and it seemed OK and I'd assumed that if it did fail it'd just explode or blow the fuse. Actually this is the first radio I've done and not fitted an internal fuse as I couldn't find space.
I certainly haven't covered myself with glory on this job as I've also spotted a couple more Hunt's grinning at me. Where's me side-cutters?
- Joe
