Name:    michael kaus
Email:   cnmkaus@charter.net  
Subject: hall of rust!
Thread:  293
Time:    Sat, 1 Dec 2001 23:17:06 UTC

As far as the shock risk, yes the caps can store power for a long time or not at all. It just depends on whether te caps have any load on them when turned off. Yes, BE CAREFULL! The worst ones are pretty safe under the filter cover but the 150@50v could still singe you a little. The reverb tanks have a bad habit of goi ng bad or getting high resistance due to corroded connections. Check the ohm reading of each coil end in the tank. They should be close close to 0 or very few ohm's. If you have 50 or 60k of resistance or higher, it is either a bad coil in the tank or corroded. Hope this helps.