[Boatanchors] Micamold Recovery

[Sandy Blaize]

THE BEST thing you can do with Micamold caps is GET RID OF THEM.  DO NOT 
TRY TO RESCUE THEM!  They're the worst piece of crap ever in surplus 
gear!  TRUST ME!!  I have been there and done that.  REPLACE THEM ALL 
with Mylar caps.  You will save yourself from MUCH GRIEF trying to 
repair the old gear and restore the gear!
DO NOT EVEN TRUST THEM IF THEY ARE STILL IN "SPARES" SEALED PACKETS AND NEW!

73,
Sandy W5TVW

BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT BACK DURING SCR-522 CONVERSIONS TO AMATEUR 2 
METER RIGS!


On 6/4/2014 11:43 AM, Jim Wilhite wrote:
> Dave the connections inside are a question to me.  If they had 
> moisture in them then the silver pad where the wire connects may have 
> started migration away from the connection.  I would be suspect that 
> in a few years I would be replacing them if that connection opens.  
> You may be able to avoid that but I would think that would depend on 
> how good that connection inside the cap is.
> Jim
> W5JO
>
> -----Original Message----- From: David Stinson
>
> I placed the remaining 21 "leaky" caps in a disposable
> pie pan and put them in a 300-degree electric oven
> for 1.5 hours, then turned the oven off and let them
> cool undisturbed for two hours.
>
> for 12 hours to see if they start leaking again.
>
> If they hold-up, I'd like to coat them with something
> to keep the water out for another 70 years.
> A friend suggested boiling them in clean beeswax,
> which sounds messy, LOL.
>
> Thoughts?
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
>
>
>
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