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Old 12th Oct 2020, 5:53 pm   #14
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Default Re: Restuffing Dual Electrolytic Can Capacitor

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Originally Posted by telstar View Post
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.

Mike
Thats basically what I did when restoring my Mullard High Speed Valve Tester, it leaves the original capacitors in place in case a future owner wants to re-stuff them.

Peter
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