Heathkit T3 Rebuild - Part 2
In this video, I'm completing the rebuild of the Heathkit T3 signal tracer I managed to get during the (late) Summer months of 2023. It's one of these restorations wher one thing leads to another... I'm fixing up the speaker, replacing the goo that was the wiring harness and all capacitors. None of the caps showed up as "good" on the leakage testing when the voltage was anywhere near half the rated one. Also a few of the resistors were out of spec, so to keep it simple, I replaced all of them, except the one across the speaker output and the main supply dropper power resistor. I also needed new probes to go with it, and so I came up with a relative simple design. The 3D printed parts were supposed to be turned on the lathe, but my order of Delrin(tm) arrived a bit too late, so along with the rubber feet, this might be an eventualy replacement part. To finish off the rebuild, I'm explaining the circuit theory and give a brief example of the individual use cases; Mind you, the audio that is coming from my test case radio is kept on a muffled level deliberately, to avoid copyright claims for the radio program. It's nowhere near as bad as it seems ;) 0:00 Intro and Recap / Socket Cleanup 1:50 Speaker Repair 3:04 Front Panel Decals / Wire Harness and Component Issues 4:25 Assembly Time! Audio Sockets and Speaker / Speaker Connectors / IEC Socket 5:45 Audio Transformer / Chassis / Potentiometers / Filter Capacitor 7:37 Tube Sockets / Mains Wiring / Rectifier = DC! 8:40 Front Panel Wiring / First Stage / Eye Tube Test 9:44 Second Stage / Third Stage 10:55 Case Closed! / New Knobs / Wattmeter Issue 12:33 IEC to Anythign Adapter 14:47 Wattmeter Calibration / Probe Description / RF Probe Circuit Build 15:58 Probe Build: Cable and Design / Lathe Work / Probe Tips?! 17:34 Nickel Plating / Spring and Overall Design 18:55 Assembling Probe 19:46 Testing and Circuit Description 22:45 Overview / Thanks / Credits and Teaser References: Video with speaker repair, pointed out by Cheetah: • 1942 Ducati Radiogram - Part 2 - Speaker R... Music: My Train's A Comin' Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library) You can support me on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/atkelar ...and also on Patreon: / atkelar ...and you can also drop a virtual coin into the YouTube hat by using the "Super Thanks!" Thanks to everybody who signed up already!

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