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Old 26th Jun 2010, 6:23 pm   #21
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Old 11th Jun 2011, 8:09 pm   #22
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Of course the other way is,being leaky just let them warm up with HT on them and they come apart so easy!

It worked on a French restoration i did.

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Yes. I guess it would. I might give it a go. The last one I touched was across the main HT and it was very/extremley hot as our kitchen table will bare testiment to.
Thanks for that David, also my appologies for my last reply on the same subject in the other section as I had your user name Hamish mixed up with your actual name.

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Its get confusing Lawrence,dont think twice about it.

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PS it possibly wasnt the best way of doing the re stuffing,due to some extra stress on rectifier and mains transformer
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"He who hesitates is lost" I will sit down for a while while I decide on the best approach....seriously though I will use a sensible approach and all of your comments have been welcomed..I have to order some replacement caps etc yet, when I finally get the job done I will try and upload some pics.
Has anyone restuffed a smoothing cap (electrolytic) the type that fit to the chassis by a largish nut from underneath ( the two wires coming out through the nut /gland,
ala Hallicrafters sx etc ?
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Default Re: Re-stuffing the waxies.

Hi John nice job with restuffing the caps. I don't think it will be a problem for future genarations with the restuffing of caps like some people think, after all what would we do if there was nothing to change in these old radios and stuff. I'm sure in another 40 years or so someone will want to poke in there and have fun and learn something about their equipment and have fun doing it.

Thanks for your time John and effort keep up the good work.
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Re the electrolitic some have just sawed them in half and then cover up with either a made up label or just pvc tape.
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"Just sawed them in half" Neatest way to cut them if you have one available is a Pipe Cutter (the wheel type)


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sawed them in half and then cover up with either a made up label or just pvc tape.
I've used a strip of the "aluminium" adhesive tape sold by Lidl. It's much less obvious than PVC. (assuming that the cap has a plain metal case rather than a card/plastics covered one).

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That sounds the way to go Hugh.Thank You from me for that.

PS I have not seen that tape but will keep an eye out.
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PS I have not seen that tape but will keep an eye out.
It's one of those things that Lidl do from time, usually in conjunction with masking tape, gaffer tape etc. Other vendors are available of course and Googling for aluminium tape (or aluminium foil tape) produces a good few results (e.g. here).

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