dead cap?

[chocopower]

I was cheking and old Gibson Falcon GA19RVT ( a friend of mine found it in rubish ) and saw a 0.022 cap from power swicht to ground.
The amp have the 3 prog cable installed, but i supose the pre-owner forgot take out this cap....

Is this the famous dead cap?

[Satamax]

I was cheking and old Gibson Falcon GA19RVT ( a friend of mine found it in rubish ) and saw a 0.022 cap from power swicht to ground.
The amp have the 3 prog cable installed, but i supose the pre-owner forgot take out this cap....

Is this the famous dead cap?

Yep!

[chocopower]

Thanks!!

I just remove it and play, is not?

[Enzo]

You can remove it, or leave it. With the three wire power cord, the chassis will not become "hot" if that cap leaks.

[Bruce / Mission Amps]

"Death Cap"... the most overly used term by novice techs I've ever heard.
I can count on one hand how many bad ground caps I've found in thousands of amp repairs.

[chocopower]

Hi!

I remove it last night......and now there are a hum noise.

[Satamax]

Hi!

I remove it last night......and now there are a hum noise.

Choco, was the green and yellow conected to the cap???? It needs to go to the chassis!

[chocopower]

Yes. Of course, ground cable is conected to chasis.

Ah!!
Here go some pics of this old boy......

http://www.acompaniadoruido.com/?Acc...=518&MW=3&SW=0

http://www.acompaniadoruido.com/?Acc...=516&MW=3&SW=0


Those photos are 6 months ago... Now, new power and rectifier valves installed. Cap job (not completed, upsssss) and a Weber 12F150 make it really loud!!!!