[Elecraft] Capacitor install page 52 of manual (K2)

[Don Wilhelm]

Don,

Do not stress the leads - you can form them to fit the hole spacing 
better (and you do have to do that for a few in the bandpass filter 
area).   If the  leads are less than 1/4 inch that is normally OK - one 
major reason to keep the capacitors close to the board is physical - 
they will not flop around with shorter leads.

There are a few capacitors that should be mounted with short leads, to 
keep stray noise pickup to a minimum, but in no case do they need to be 
so short that the leads are under stress.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/15/2012 3:43 PM, Don Baucom wrote:
> I am install the Caps on page 52. In trying to get them as close to the board
> as possible. I broke the lead on C71. My initial focus on short leads might
> result in damaging the capacitors . It looks like some caps will have to sit
> up some since their width is less than the width of where they go. How
> critical is the lead lenghts on these capacitors?
>
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