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Mysteries of the bench case#3: Wolf in chic's clothing?
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Originally posted by g1 View PostI have occasionally slipped the old cardboard covers back on in very old stuff (30's, 40's) and old radios like Pedro mentioned. But no gluing or anything else, it is very obvious at closer inspection.
Agree with SoulFetish there may have been some deception intended here.
However, I think a good case could be made that this has a financial and functional advantage if one needed to replace some chassis mount can capacitors. Prices of a replacements will hurt your feelings, and often don't have the same footprint.If I have a 50% chance of guessing the right answer, I guess wrong 80% of the time.
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Originally posted by SoulFetish View PostHowever, I think a good case could be made that this has a financial and functional advantage if one needed to replace some chassis mount can capacitors. Prices of a replacements will hurt your feelings, and often don't have the same footprint.
Oh, and let's not forget about the filter cans with the insulating sleeves on them. (Garnet, Ampeg ?) These are sometimes used in totem pole arrangement where you have 1/2 of supply voltage sitting on the can. You don't want anybody touching them without that sleeve on there!Originally posted by EnzoI have a sign in my shop that says, "Never think up reasons not to check something."
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I still have some of those bakelite diamond shaped discs for mounting can caps to chassis but insulated from it.
Like these:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Three-Tab-M...-/332151137724Education is what you're left with after you have forgotten what you have learned.
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Originally posted by Enzo View PostI still have some of those bakelite diamond shaped discs for mounting can caps to chassis but insulated from it.
The reuse of old sleeves on new caps keep the vintage look intact, especially true for tweed Fenders with the filters on the fiberboard. The bothersome thing in the ones shown here is the use of an 8@450 volt sleeve on a 22uF cap. I'm sure that it was just for the right look, but it could lead to problems.
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Hey, did you guys know that big red 30uf 600v cap in Ampeg B15's is actually 2 caps stuffed into that red sleeve?
The negative lead broke off so I stuffed two caps inside...heh, heh, heh.
When you have caps in series like that, do you need resistors across each to equalize the voltage?
I put a couple in there, I noticed Hiwatt does with caps in series and so does some old Marshalls.
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Originally posted by drewl View PostWhen you have caps in series like that, do you need resistors across each to equalize the voltage?
I put a couple in there, I noticed Hiwatt does with caps in series and so does some old Marshalls.This isn't the future I signed up for.
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