[Boatanchors] Reforming Caps?

[Carl]

The internet is full of reformers begging for a replacement transformer or 
crying about the cost to get it rewound.

If you enjoy living dangerously be my guest. It takes less time to restuff a 
can if original appearance is important than it does to try and reform it.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john fitzsimmons" <w3jn at yahoo.com>
To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <rhulett1 at comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Reforming Caps?


> As Nick said, there's no consensus. Me, I'm not gonna trust re-forming a 
> 60-70 year old capacitor anymore after one let loose in my SX-11 and 
> ruined the power tranny...
>
> --- On Sun, 7/18/10, rhulett1 at comcast.net <rhulett1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> From: rhulett1 at comcast.net <rhulett1 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Reforming Caps?
> To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010, 1:32 PM
>
> Apologies if this is a controversial question, but am curious about 
> "reforming" capacitors. I always just replace the wax/paper and 
> electrolytic capacitors without testing them. Maybe this is sacrilege, and 
> overly cautious, but I’ve always been suspicious of integrity of 4-5 
> decade-old capacitors. Even if I “reformed” them, would constantly worry 
> about killing a difficult-to-replace transformer sometime down the log. 
> And, I guess my goal is to use the equipment safely and reliably.
>
> But recently, reading accounts from a web page devoted to restoring old 
> rigs, the writer routinely referred to reforming the caps as a normal, 
> routine, and reliable method of dealing with these old components. I’m 
> willing to learn, so is there consensus regarding reform or replace? Does 
> replacing these old caps destroy collector's value of the equipment?
>
> Thanks in advance, Curt KB5JO
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