That was the first thing I noticed, too. Those are the old paper & oil electrolytic caps, I think. In tube radios it is common practice to replace those as fast as possible. They have a nasty habit of shorting closed when they fail and taking out expensive and difficult to replace components when they do.
-Adam On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:51 AM, David Forbes <dfor...@dakotacom.net> wrote: > On 6/29/11 2:04 AM, Wayne de Geere III wrote: > >> >> Now that seller has got a full old clock with a bunch of cathode >> poisoned looking tubes in it for sale: >> check out the money shot: >> http://jpegbay.com/gallery/**001031521-.html#9<http://jpegbay.com/gallery/001031521-.html#9> >> >> > That is a nice vintage clock. It looks like it was made as a production > item - note the fancy metal and wooden case work. > > It's amazing that it still works after all those 35 years. Those > electrolytic caps look ancient. > > -- > David Forbes, Tucson AZ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <neonixie-l%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB<http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
