Electrolytic capacitors

[van lincoln wd8aam]

Can you provide part numbers and specs for those cans?
thanks
(It'll help in my replacement efforts.)
wd8aam

At 07:46 PM 11/25/2002 -0700, rayfri wrote:
>I whole heartedly agree with what Glen says about modern capacitors.
>When my friend brought his sb 200 to me for repair because it was popping
>the
>circuit breakers, I traced the problem to shorted electrolytic caps....
>youve seen
>the ones in the sb 200 .... same type in the dx 100 and Apache
>transmitters...
>big cans... 450 v each ....   Anyhow, I called the local parts house and
>asked the
>price.... then sent my friend to pick them up....  when he got back with
>caps that
>are about one third the size of the big cans in the sb 200, but same value
>and voltage
>ratings.... I was shocked.  I was expecting big cans ....  I hadnt replaced
>caps in
>anything for a long time....
>    Anyhow... I put them in and we fired up the linear and it worked just
>fine....
>By the way.... the caps only cost 6 bucks apiece....
>Ray  wa7itz
>
>
>Glen Zook wrote:
>
>> Virtually all of the modern electrolytic capacitors
>> are considerably smaller than the older versions.  You
>> can get capacitors from Mouser (www.mouser.com) as
>> well as other suppliers for very reasonable cost.
>>
>> However, you will have to either use longer leads on
>> the capacitors to make up for the shorter length, or
>> else slightly modify the unit to move the connections
>> closer.
>>
>> As for operation, the modern capacitors will be much
>> closer in value than the older ones.  You can buy the
>> 20% tolerance capacitors which are much cheaper than
>> the 10% tolerance capacitors and be closer in value
>> than the originals ever though of being.  Most of the
>> original electrolytic capacitors had a tolerance of
>> -50% to +80%.  Thus, you really had no idea as to what
>> the actual value was.
>>
>> I use 20% capacitors in all of the equipment that I
>> repair for others and haven't had a single problem.
>>
>> Thus, if you have to, put double backed foam between
>> the circuit board and the capacitor to hold it in
>> place and then make the leads long enough to fit.
>>
>> Glen, K9STH
>>
>> --- Francisco Viegener <fev at CIUDAD.COM.AR> wrote:
>>
>> I found others Elect.Caps with similar MFD and Voltage
>> but they are shorter with the same diameter. Someone
>> can make me clear how to choose the less expensive
>> that will work and fit inside the SB220.
>>
>> =====
>> Glen, K9STH
>>
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