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Last Edited:
12-Sep-2004
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!WARN!NG! All vacuum tube devices contain lethal voltages; certain components can store
lethal electrical charges for days. Before you attempt to look around inside any
amp, tuner, or receiver; read this! A lot of the information this publication has an
equal potential for good and evil.
Poking around inside high-voltage amps or tuners can be dangerous, fun,
corrective, damaging, rewarding, creative, and life-threatening.
Here's a basic list of the stuff you'll need to perform restoration and
maintenance of your vintage H.H. Scott tube gear. Before you run out and buy
(new or used) all
this stuff, try to figure out just what you want to accomplish. You just might
decide to let a competent tube audio technician restore your Vintage H.H. Scott.
Hand Tools:
| Screwdrivers |
| Socket drivers & Allen Head wrenches |
| Pliers (needle nose, Vise-Grip, slip-joint, tweezers) |
| Wire Cutters and Wire Strippers |
| Toothbrushes, Chop Sticks, forceps, nail files, dental picks |
| Vise or other holder |
Soldering Tools:
| Soldering Iron & holder |
| Solder sucker (Bulb or spring-loaded) |
| De-soldering wick or braid |
Supplies:
| Solder multi-rosin-core |
| Flux |
| Cramolin R-5, DeoxIT |
| Baking Soda, Lemon Oil, Lighter Fluid, Brasso |
| WD-40 |
| Soft rags, Old T-Shirts |
| Vise or other holders |
| "Sharpie" Marker Pens |
Electronics:
| Ground Fault Interrupter (GFI) |
| VARIACS (auto-transformer) and Power Supplies |
| Multimeters
| DC meters |
| AC meters |
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| Oscilloscopes |
| Audio Signal Generators |
| Distortion Analyzers |
| Tube tester |
| Probes and test cables |
| 16-ohm (non-inductive) load resistors (2-watt and full-rated capacity of
your amp's output channel) |
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