[Vintage-Audio] 'Lytic caps needed for Scott amp.

Wed Jun 12 10:51:02 2002

Hi Chuck
Thank you for the info.  If it comes down to that and the originals don't
"form" up well then I'll just tell the owner "no go" as I told him up front
that I don't "do cans" 8^)

73 de Phil  KO6BB

> None of these cans have been available for years, probably decades. These
> were also custom made units for H.H.Scott, and not "off the shelf" units.
> The ONLY way to solve this problem is to remove the contents of the cans,
> and rebuild them using individual components. This issue is one of the
major
> reasons why these old Scott units, which sound great when working up to
par,
> have so little resale value.
> Chuck N1LNH ( H.H. Scott employee 1970 )
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Atchley <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 6:40 PM
> Subject: [Vintage-Audio] 'Lytic caps needed for Scott amp.
>
>
> >Hello
> >Overhauling a Scott amplifier for a friend.  As some of the 'lytics have
> >leaked & bulged the seals slightly we wish to replace all 'lytics for
long
> >term reliability (shipping back and forth via UPS gets expensive).
> >
> >Need a source the following.   ALL are FP can types and a 'small'
increase
> >in values shouldn't hurt anything.  There are 16 components and 25 wires
> >connected to these cans and  there is no room under the chassis to mount
> >terminal strips and radial caps (except perhaps for a couple of the
25Volt
> >units etc)..
> >
> >NOTE:  AES is out of stock on all 500 Volt FP caps and have no idea when
> >they might get more (due to manufacturing problems).
> >
> >1.  30uF/30uF at 500 VDC, FP style Can.  Need 2.
> >2.  20uF/450VDC, 20uF/450VDC, 25uF/25VDC, 25uF/25VDC, FP Can.  Need 1.
> >3.  100uF, 100 uF, 100uF, 100 uF at 75VDC, FP Can.    Need 1.
> >
> >73 de Phil  KO6BB
> >
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