jtourangeau
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i am a low voltage tech looking maybe to make the jump to high-volt tech.ok....im a cable guy.... any hoo. im am a guitar player and fancy vintage equip for reasons of piont to piont hand wiring and tonal qualities.i currently have an amp i'm trying to "restore"/ make work.ive taken it apart and noticed blisters on the face of one "cap" and the main tranformer is leaking oil.the amp in question is a music man rd 100 i belive to be late 70's early 80's.im pretty sure the cap could use replacement.not sure on the xformer.the amp "works" but sounds like crap under a good "load".if i replace the cap,how do i drain the bad one.i have a feeling there is energy stored in it but am not dumb enough to put my toung on it to find out how much.i do know how to use a volt ohm meter to find out how much v/a is in it .i am not sure how to properly drain it.definantly dont want to use a rubber glove and scewdriver,as i would like to use/fix this thing....yes i found you with google,yes i did read the "newb" page.so....i did read 10 peoples version of OHMs law.... i understood it to be E=I/R. but im no pro. thanks for any help....im sure ill take a good beating judging by the noob page. jt