[ARC5] BC-AN-229 Follies, part 1

[Tim Des]

>On *Tue Nov 11 15:00:26 EST 2014 Ben Posted*
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>The five "top mount" caps present a challenge.  For those not familiar,
>there are five "top mount" metal can capacitors where the can is above
>the chassis and the terminals stick thru to reach the inside of the
>chassis.  Replacing these with terminal strips will be ugly and add lead
>length.

>So...my initial plan is to rebuild these "top mount" can caps.

>As as test, I removed one of the units I can easily replace with a
>terminal strip as a test unit.  It still tested leaky - around 20k ohms.

>Cut it open with the Dremel with the abrasive wheel, removed the guts,
>and installed a 0.5 uF modern cap.  Easy.

>I hope the top-mount units are as easy.

>In the past, when I've tried to do the same thing with a soldered lid
>metal cap, I had to fight to get the lid unsoldered, then the "guts"
>were potted in an icky tar-like substance.  Yeech.  I gave up. :*) *
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Ben,
Thank you for taking the lead on the receiver and for posting your
progress. How one battles with the condensers is valuable information and
fun to her about.

I am looking forward to part 2. Who knows, maybe someday there will be the
*Son of the BC-AN-229  *or the *BC-AN-229 that Ate Cleveland :) *Thanks
again.

Tim Desiato  WA8LHB