[R-390] Saturday's Line & Local Report

[Steve Toth]

I've used Xicon 33uf, 450v I bought at Fry's on a Saturday afternoon to restuff C603 on one R390A - a lot of work like others have said.  Cheap, works fine, but takes a lot of time (FWIW:  I ended up discarding the original C603 octal base after cutting the can off and used either an octal plug with a collar of PVC pipe epoxied to it, or a base from a 5Y3 I had laying around in the junk box.  Soldering the leads into the pins is a breeze.  The cap can fits snugly over both modified bases.  Drill a hole through the can and base on opposite sides, tap for short 6-32 flat head screws, and bingo-bango-bongo, very sturdy cap rebuild with removable cans in case the internal caps need to be replaced in the future).  And, it looks good.

I also have the plug-in electrolytic cap sets from Sigmapert in two other R390A's - on the other end of the price spectrum, but top notch quality and they work fine also.

-- Steve 



"To every man there comes in his lifetime that special moment when he is    physically tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talent; what a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour." - Winston Churchill

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On Sat, 1/4/14, Craig Heaton <hamfish at efn.org> wrote:

 Subject: [R-390] Saturday's Line & Local Report
 To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
 Date: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 4:02 PM
 
 To the faithful followers of the
 R-390 e-mail reflector:
 
 The short version, gonna purchase some caps? 
 
 
 Any recommendations of other caps???? Both sets have been
 ordered from
 Mouser, part # 140-XRL350V33. If you don't mind, I'll
 rebuild C603. 
 
 Best Regards,
 Craig
 
 
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