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Offline Barry (NJ)

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Re: Tube Tester?
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2023, 02:27:57 PM »
I call it long covid. they call it respiratory infection. I just demanded antibiotics. I have this since the middle of December
My drugs

Prednisone
Flonase
Tessalon pearls
Some cough syrup.
Mucinex d
vicks vapor rub.
and now Doxycycline... Hope my acne clears up. If I still have this the weekend, they will send me for a chest x-ray


Damn Evan, I do hope you get healthy soon!
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Offline Barry (NJ)

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Re: Tube Tester?
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2023, 06:10:04 PM »
So Evan sent me a fresh set of tubes to try, but sadly they didn't fix my issue. Now when I first inspected the board I was looking for something obvious, like a burnt resistor or a leaky mess around a capacitor. More careful inspection this evening and I noticed that one of the caps is a bit swollen at the top. So I ordered some replacements and I'm hoping that fixes the issue.

Note the top of the cap towards the front right...


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Offline Barry (NJ)

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Re: Tube Tester?
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2023, 05:08:12 PM »
Well, I installed 2 new caps, the one with the swollen top and its partner, and I have the little something I had lost back in the sound  :thumb:
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Offline S Clark

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Re: Tube Tester?
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2023, 05:17:31 PM »
It's always a good feeling when you can bring gear back from the abyss.  Congrats.    :thumb:
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Offline Barry (NJ)

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Re: Tube Tester?
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2023, 05:35:53 PM »
Big thanks to all who offered to help, and especially Evan for sending out a set of tubes for me to try out!
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