It is generally a good idea to re-form electrolytic capacitors in power supplies, and to bench check the power supplies (under some kind of load) before actually applying power to the whole unit.
JRJ On 7/17/2015 11:49 AM, devin davison wrote: > Devin here, I had asked for advice on how to move a PDP 11 as well as how > to lock the heads on the RL Drives. It was quite a move. Ive never driven > in a large city before, dealing with traffic was more trouble than it was > to move and load up the equipment. Anyhow, i put a few images of what I got > up on a postimage gallery, which can be viewed here : > > http://postimg.org/gallery/1xuwq2s6y/ > > It was at least working for a hour or so.... > I was trying to enter a short program at the front panel and there was a > clicking sound followed by a burning smell. I cut the power, the front > panel is unresponsive now, so I'm going to need to look over the power > supply for starters. He did include a second empty PDP 11/34 chassis, > perhaps the power supply in that one is in better condition. > > --Devin >