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<DIV>Hi Larry:</DIV>
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<DIV>Yeah....that was a good price!</DIV>
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<DIV>I'll bet you're talking about Hubert Henson's place in Winston
Salem. I got some things there too, but apparently, before I found
out what was going on, they had already hauled a VR-1200C to the scrap
yard! From what I heard, it wasn't complete but I would love to have had
it if the audio was intact. The rest of the machine could be easily
replaced.</DIV>
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<DIV>I remember telling a guy you were working with in Kingsport (or
Johnson City maybe?) about the pair of TR-600's that Hubert had.
Were they able to get them? I never heard what happened to those
machines, but I hope they didn't go to the scrap yard too!</DIV>
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<DIV>Don Norwood<BR>Digitrak Communications, Inc.<BR><A
href="http://www.digitrakcom.com">www.digitrakcom.com</A></DIV>
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<A title=leodham@centurylink.net href="mailto:leodham@centurylink.net">L.E.
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 12, 2012 1:56
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [QuadList] Colortec board 12
capacitor corrosion</DIV>
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<P>Hi Don & Park,</P>
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<P>Yeah I wondered a little bit about why/how such a big mess was made, too.
This particular colortec may have been exposed to extreme temperature changes
over a period of time in an uncontrolled storage situation.</P>
<P>I'm thinking it was one of the spare pieces that came from out back of the
Winston-Salem cat house guy. The fellow's name escapes me, but I do
remember all those cats running around all inside the
building. There were a couple tractor trailers full
of equipment & various parts-pieces parked out back and this
colortec came from one of those vans I'm pretty sure.</P>
<P>Maybe the 15-20 degree freezing temperatures made them pop, or the
120 degrees inside heat in the summer.</P>
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<P>The last batch of those exact OEM type caps I purchased was at
Sky Craft in Florida last Feb. after the Orlando hamfest. $4.
dollars each for 270 uf.</P>
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<P>I shoulda bought more! haha.</P>
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<P>At this late date, I really want to stay as true to original as possible.
Those oem's have lasted for 40+- yrs, a tall order for any electrolytic. Many
years ago attending the engineering program at NE State Tech, I was
taught that electrolytics have a shelf life; ie., they will go bad new
sitting on the shelf after enough time passes and the electrolyte dries out
enough. The sealed 'wet' caps were an attempt at stabilizing and extending the
useable life by keeping the electrolyte stable(from drying out).</P>
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<P>Seems that idea worked pretty good!</P>
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<P>Larry Odham</P>
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