thanks guys !   

too funny...I was at work reading this and I was thinking man I sure dont remember any red dots or plus and minus signs...Im gonna have to go back and look when I get home!

so Im looking at the pic and plain as day...there it is...the red dot(s)

 

I have read that yellow and red are pos
and blue and black are neg...
but i can not find any markings on the speakers or terminal

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thanks

meanwhile I will keep looking...it sounds good to me as is idk

THANKS AGAIN FOR FIXING MY AMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry to ask two more questions to the SSGUITAR GODS

(I humbly bow down to them)

1.  does speaker polarity matter?  I have blue and yellow on one and red and black on the other

2.. do I need to put a little heat sink on that part we just installed.

you guys #1!!!!

well you guys fixed it

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YOU GUYS FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SSGUITAR #1 !!!!!!!!!!!

CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!!!

          

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well guys i have been super busy but i finally soldered in a new 7808CT

and measurements are promising

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thanks its a 1980 Bronco
T18 and 300 six

it will do anything you ask

just not in a hurry

picked this stuff up today...a decade resistance box, box of nos components, and a plastic tool box for $30
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this def needs some cleaning and a binding post...I wonder how accurate it will be
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lots of ic? and sockets
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I hope these 4040BE are useful...whatever they are

and the rest of the lot
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time to figure out if any of this is useful

  

I have some older solder (among various types and ages)

seems like it would be awesome due to the diameter

but maybe it is so old the rosin stuff inside has degraded?

the reason I ask is everytime I try to use it I get awful crumbly crap. it will every so often behave and melt nicely but then mess up again.

I thought maybe it was just the end of it exposed to air amd moisture maybe it would get better but it hasnt.

hate to toss it but I cant get it to work.  I have other stuff that works good.

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thanks for your help

well guys apparently hell has frozen over because I ordered some 7808ct voltage regulators
they had different letters and stuff and i didnt understand the differences so i got a few different ones.  digi key had a $4.99 ship for light orders so I jumped on it

in honor of hell freezing over....I leave you with this

sorry had to add a few thoughts about the tapes

the home copied tape labeled "Ratt" has a version of walkin the dog that really rocks \m/

the MSG tape is killer...really a shame he/they were not more successful in the states

Aerosmith Night in the Ruts....totally rockin...a couple songs have a real Led Zep Presence vibe big time

Foreigner double vision...got CRANKED BIG TIME...some killer songs....man what memories...

VH Fair Warning....what can you say....does it get any better?

Priest Defenders....wasnt really entranced by it....there are a couple songs that TOTALLY SHRED wow I presume its Glenn putting on a clinic  some of the parts my jaw hit the floor 

yes sir thanks for your help
I appreciate you checking up on that

I need to get those new ones in thats for sure sorry for the delay

I actually found a box of old NIB RS components in a thrift store today and sifting through it was an LM317   

bought a few tapes today 


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my high end system 

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the tape lower right just simply said "Ratt"

did not power on
found an open fuse
replaced fuse
put on dbt looked good
powered on but has no trace

crt is glowing a little but not much

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the slide switches are extremely stubborn

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you practically need a hammer and chisel to move them

 

I am aware there are crazy high voltages in these things so I havent fooled with it   

this is how i had it...exception being I had grounds hooked up to the tab on top...idk 

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thanks for your help