[Hallicrafters] Recapping

[Edward B Richards]

Hi Skip;

Yes. I agree with you. I was referring to wholesale replacement of all
caps.

73, Ed Richards K6UUZ


On Tue, 11 May 2004 11:50:46 -0700 Waldo Magnuson <magnuson at mac.com>
writes:
> Ed, you do believe in replacing 60 year old electrolytics to protect 
> the
> power transformer don't you?  I recommend it even if no other 
> capacitors
> are replaced although I would recommend also replacing any 
> capacitors
> that are leaking, swelling, etc.
> 73,  Skip Magnuson  W7WGM
> 
> Note from Ed Richards:
> There is more to recapping than just using the same values. Perhaps 
> you
> replaced a cap with a certain temperature co efficient with one of 
> the
> same value but with a different temp. coefficient. New caps can have 
> a
> different impedance than the original. Placement can be important. 
> are
> they in the same position and to the same ground as the original? 
> This 
> is
> why I don't believe in just totally recapping a radio. I only 
> replace
> caps when they fail. Good luck.
> 
> 73, Ed Richards K6UUZ
> 
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