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== Repair Issues==
== Repair Issues==
* Helitrim potentiometers are prone to failure due to cracking plastic axle
* Helitrim potentiometers are prone to failure due to cracking plastic axle.
* (Tantalum) Electolytic capacitors, especially on the output transistors  
* (Tantalum) Electolytic capacitors, especially on the output transistors.
* [https://www.amplifier.cd/Test_Equipment/Tektronix/Tektronix_500/Reparatur%20Tektronix%20FG502-1-com.pdf FG502 repair report @ amplifier.cd] (German)
* [https://www.amplifier.cd/Test_Equipment/Tektronix/Tektronix_500/Reparatur%20Tektronix%20FG502-1-com.pdf FG502 repair report @ amplifier.cd] (German)
* [https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/test-measurement/article/21137778/the-tektronix-function-generator-teardown The Tektronix Function Generator Teardown] - Paul Rako @ electronicdesign.com
* [https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/test-measurement/article/21137778/the-tektronix-function-generator-teardown The Tektronix Function Generator Teardown] - Paul Rako @ electronicdesign.com
* For serial numbers below B050740, some FG502's may not shift Output Frequency 1000:1 with 10V or less as specified. To correct this problem, change R125 from 10 kΩ to 9.41 kΩ.


==Pictures==
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