technoplayer
Recovering Gear-aholic
This may not be the correct place for this, but........
I have several vintage pieces of analog equipment (R2R's/ power amps/processing gear) that have been in storage, some for over 20yrs. I understand that just plugging these in and hitting the power switch might be somewhat disasterous in terms of blowing electrolytic capacitors, etc.
It has been recommended that these units be powered up slowly with a Variac.
Can anyone explain in this is really necessary, and if so, what the correct procedure is. I did not think it was "good" to run low voltage into gear, although it would presumably be for a very short time. (no pun intended).
I just sdont want to damage the gear either way... thanks
I have several vintage pieces of analog equipment (R2R's/ power amps/processing gear) that have been in storage, some for over 20yrs. I understand that just plugging these in and hitting the power switch might be somewhat disasterous in terms of blowing electrolytic capacitors, etc.
It has been recommended that these units be powered up slowly with a Variac.
Can anyone explain in this is really necessary, and if so, what the correct procedure is. I did not think it was "good" to run low voltage into gear, although it would presumably be for a very short time. (no pun intended).
I just sdont want to damage the gear either way... thanks