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telstar · 12th Oct 2020, 2:25 pm

Hi. I was interested to read about your capacitor re-stuffing. The can on my Bush DAC10 has also developed faults (leaky), and also the cans on other radios seemed to have followed similar fates. I knew that the DAC10 radio did work up to last year.
Someone told me that you could mount a two bit tag strip, one to the terminal of the faulty capacitor as an anchor point, the second tag strip terminal could be used to attach the (+) lead of the new capacitor to. The (-) terminal of the new capacitor can be connected to chassis, of course. All this without opening the can (assuming that you wanted to achieve success in lesser time). It depends on if you consider it to be a "bodge" or a reasonable attempt to make your radio work.
I will have to try and stock up on small 450v electrolytic capacitors since my local stockists have gone. Probably the supplier in Watford can help me?
regards
Mike

12th Oct 2020, 2:25 pm	#11
telstar Octode Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 1,588	Re: Restuffing Dual Electrolytic Can Capacitor Hi. I was interested to read about your capacitor re-stuffing. The can on my Bush DAC10 has also developed faults (leaky), and also the cans on other radios seemed to have followed similar fates. I knew that the DAC10 radio did work up to last year. Someone told me that you could mount a two bit tag strip, one to the terminal of the faulty capacitor as an anchor point, the second tag strip terminal could be used to attach the (+) lead of the new capacitor to. The (-) terminal of the new capacitor can be connected to chassis, of course. All this without opening the can (assuming that you wanted to achieve success in lesser time). It depends on if you consider it to be a "bodge" or a reasonable attempt to make your radio work. I will have to try and stock up on small 450v electrolytic capacitors since my local stockists have gone. Probably the supplier in Watford can help me? regards Mike