[R-390] Re Troubles, B+ capacitors

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:45 PM,  <nryan at mchsi.com> wrote:
> Fellow mavens,
>
> Some time ago, Jan Skirrow offered square plug-in cans, fitted with capacitors, ready to plug and play.  I haven't found them anywhere else.  To work right, the locating pin must be oriented properly, and the cans I've come across don't have that feature.

I remember those, Norman. That was a looong time ago! IIRC, they were
actually octal plug-in relays that were gutted and reused for caps.
They worked well, but he had a very limited supply of donor relays.
Seems Walt Wilson was rebuilding the originals at one point, but has
long since moved on to other things. Haven't seen anything from him in
ages.

Tom's offerings from Hayseed are extremely attractive from both a
price and quality perspective. He offers a discount price if you buy
the pair vs one at a time. You couldn't gut out and rebuild the
originals for that cost unless your time is dirt cheap. For the price,
it would be easy and wise to get an extra set and simply rotate them
through the receiver once a year or so.

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ/4