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hey, just rebuilt the amp & relay & selector chassis for a 1943 Seeburg Jukebox. It had one selenium rectifier for the relay circuit still operating just fine. I could only try and explain to the techs whom had never seen the selenium rect what they smell like when they go...given how often you see one of these anymore, they probably will never experience that wonderful odor! My guys had never seen those wonderful bees wax capacitors, either. BTW, nearly everyone of those buggers that had any voltage on them were leaky.
They guys were all worried that ALL the tubes would need to be replaced...I said I'd be surprised if any of them were bad. sure enough all the original tubes were good including the coke bottle 6V6's. They were astonished. g
hey, just rebuilt the amp & relay & selector chassis for a 1943 Seeburg Jukebox. It had one selenium rectifier for the relay circuit still operating just fine. I could only try and explain to the techs whom had never seen the selenium rect what they smell like when they go...given how often you see one of these anymore, they probably will never experience that wonderful odor! My guys had never seen those wonderful bees wax capacitors, either. BTW, nearly everyone of those buggers that had any voltage on them were leaky.
They guys were all worried that ALL the tubes would need to be replaced...I said I'd be surprised if any of them were bad. sure enough all the original tubes were good including the coke bottle 6V6's. They were astonished. g