You could consider soldered wires from capacitors to the board and
neutral cure "Roof and Gutter" silicone to hold things in place.
That's what I did with my AL-1500.
73, Alek.
VK6APK
On 11/10/2014 3:16 AM, Steve NR4M wrote:
Thanks for the input, Dave.
Been looking around and, they're a non-stocked item, like you said, or
they're big $$.
I have a bunch of much shorter, snap-in caps, which I've used in the
past with good success. They're 470 MF @ 450 VDC and 105 degree
rated. Same dia as these, but only about 40% of the height. Already
have a PC board made up for using 10, but easy to cut the board down
to 8 to make it fit the PS case. If I need to make a step start, I'll
have plenty of room above the new caps where I can place it. Probably
an area of about 4 x 4 x 8 inches will be available.
I may just make the time and do it my self.
Having parts on-hand makes it much better than $200 on exact fit
replacements.
73 de Steve, NR4M
On 10/10/2014 19:09, David Harmon wrote:
Availability is probably going to be the problem....
Check with Ten-Tec....if they no longer use them...ask for a
recommendation.
Check with Henry Radio....they still have screw terminal lytics.
Recently I serviced a Henry 3KD with screw terminal caps from Henry.
73
David Harmon
K6XYZ
Sperry, OK
-----Original Message-----
From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve NR4M
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 12:43 PM
To: Amps
Subject: [Amps] Source for replacement PS caps
Hello all,
Figured it was time to re-cap the PS for my Ten-Tec since they are about
25 years old. The amp hasn't been used in a while so you just know what
will happen if I DON'T re-cap it before I use it.
I really don't want to change (mechanically) the way the originals are
mounted in order to use a different, possibly more available, cap.
Looking for suggestions on sources other than the 'usual' (Digikey,
Mouser,
etc...)
These caps are 400 MFD x 450 VDC, 85 degree, with screw terminals on
top.
Terminals appear to be #10, with a 1/2 inch spacing. Dia is 1 3/8
inch and
length is 5 5/8 inches, or so.
100 degree would be nice and the capacity can be +/-.
Any input would be helpful. I just don't want to pay $25 per cap if
I can
find similar for $15.
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73 de Steve, NR4M
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