Speaking of Wavetek 3000's: They are choc-O-block full of axial leaded electrolytic capacitors made in Mexico. Sad to report that they will most all be bad at this point. Their failure is in the rubber seal for the positive terminal. It allows the capacitor to dry out rendering its bulk capacitance null and void.
Electrolytic capacitors marked "Mexico" reached the replace on sight stage a good 20 years ago. The trimmer caps on the reference aren't generally a problem. -Chuck Harris paul swed wrote:
Umm Joe. A good sign of a recovering time-nut is to know when to just say "no!". Funny ended up with a wavetek 3000 sig gen circa 1980 if I had to guess. Its main oscillator is 18Hz high. Yes the desire to adjust it is the first impulse. The second is when I tweak that cap all heck is going to break loose. You just know the caps gone bad. So considering what and how I would use it there actually was no reason to foul it all up. Regards Paul
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