[Boatanchors] Re-capping

[Roger Basford]

Hi Bill,

When I re-capped my HRO-50 I cut the leads of the old caps to leave about a 
quarter-inch of wire at the terminals, then cleaned the stub up. I took the 
new caps (ex-Russian military!) and using a small drill bit as a former 
wound a small coil of the new cap connecting wire parallel to the capacitor 
at each end with enough wire tail to reach the stubs. I slipped the coils 
over the old wire, crimped the coils gently to tighten them on the wire and 
then soldered. A bit more work than is perhaps necessary but better then 
trying to unsolder the old wires from the terminals, which often have become 
brittle with age and break. Looks neat too!

HTH,

Roger, G3VKM




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