TU56/TC11 restoration - VARIAC question

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "John Allain" <allain at panix.com>
>
>> 20amps, wow. Someone give me this for christmas!
>
>
>I now have Two nice machines (Tek scope, VT100) that blow 
>fuses and have been dancing aound the issue to get one for a
>few weeks now.  I'm not really an electronics guy but I've been
>led to believe that a variac is the single best thing to get to help
>remedy fuse blows.  Any strong yes or no votes towards this
>decision?
>
>John A.
>

Hi
 If you've hit a capacitor hard enough to blow a fuse, it
is not likely to recover through reforming. Reforming
must be done before applying full voltage.
 Most issues of blowing fuses can be located by isolation
and use of an ohm meter.
Dwight