[Boatanchors] Is This a Nutty Idea?

[Bill Henderson]

What about leakage between the sections of the bathtub cap ?

 - Bill H. / va3hwa



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On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Joe Connor via Boatanchors <
boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I'm working on a Navy RBM receiver with badly leaking bathtub caps. I
> don't want to restuff them because who knows what toxic stuff lurks inside,
> and I'd like to leave the original bathtubs in place. Because of the way
> these bathtubs are mounted, desoldering the leads is a real pain, and there
> really isn't any room on the chassis for terminal strips.
> Several of them are three-cap units with the caps grounded through the
> case to the chassis. Here's my possibly crazy idea:
> 1. Replace the screws and nuts holding the bathtub to the chassis with
> nylon screws and nuts;
> 2. Use a nylon washer to physically isolate the bathtub from the chassis;
> and
> 3. Hang new caps on the three lugs on the bathtub and ground them at a
> convenient point on the chassis.
> Will it work?
> As always, thanks.
>                                     Joe Connor
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