[Amps] Source for replacement PS caps

[Alek Petkovic]

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 at 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.
>>
>> -- 
>> 73 de Steve, NR4M
>>
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