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Old 27th Oct 2021, 5:47 pm   #10
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Default Re: When is a part “dead”….(length of string question)

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Ok so I have to change the big metal cans and one is a 60+100uf cap - can I leave it in place and use 2 axial caps mounted in the chassis underneath?? Or is there voodoo inside the metal cans and I need to get a metal can type? I can find a 100+100 (eg J&J make one) would that be better??
That should be fine, you just need to check by looking at valve data (freely available online) to see if your rectifier valve is able to feed into a capacitance of 100uF.
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