[ARC5] Aging Electrolytics

[Don Merz via ARC5]

I agree. Randomly replacing all the caps in a unit is probably a strong indicator that you have too much time on your hands. A surprising amount of this gear can be on the air with little effort. And the truth is that most of these rigs have a WIDE tolerance for component value variations. Sure there are plenty of exceptions. But starting into a project with the idea that "they all need replaced" is not my idea of the way to go.73 de N3RHT

      From: Brian Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
 To: Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com> 
Cc: "arc5 at mailman.qth.net" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 12:06 PM
 Subject: Re: [ARC5] Aging Electrolytics
   
The funny thing is, most of the time 60 year old radios have capacitors still run fine.

Best regards - Brian Carling
AF4K Crystals Co.
117 Sterling Pine St.
Sanford, FL 32773

Tel: +USA 321-262-5471




> On Jan 31, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Glen Zook via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Frankly, in the long run, just replacing older electrolytics and paper capacitors automatically, generally saves a lot of money in potential damage to other components as well as time spent in trouble-shooting when that component completely goes bad.
> It is usually a case of pay a little bit now or pay a LOT a little bit later! Glen, K9STH
> 
> Website: http://k9sth.net
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