How to restart tube amp and pre in boxes for 2yrs


I want to start listening to music again i have Sonic Line 3 SFS 80 and i was told to be careful before i plug in listen anybody have any idea wether it is true i have to recharge the amp and pre before using Ill wait for some answers before doing anything tks for any advises
frencowboy

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That's all good to know.  In '17 I powered up a tube amp of mine that had been dormant for nearly ten years and in '20 I powered up another tube amp I owned that had been in hibernation for well over ten years and i wasn't aware of this stuff so I basically plugged them in and turned them on. 

I guess I was lucky.

That second amp I alluded to has been asleep again for about four years so I guess I should look for a variac on ebay.  The second amp, the one that woke up in '20 and then went to sleep again, does use a tube rectifier though.