02-09-2011, 05:45 PM
girl80, (sorry I dont know your name),
Here is a good visual of a capacitor that has lived out it's useful life long ago. However, the set did "work". Leaving it alone, it could have shorted further inside at any time. As you can see the electrolyte/ paste inside the filter cap has dried out, and the aluminum foil element, had been eaten through. So, replacing this cap with smaller modern caps is the way to go.
I have removed the insides from the cardboard tube it was in, and I will restuff the tube with modern caps. That way, the underside of the chassis looks original. Many don't go through the trouble of restuffing. For me, It is fun to do.
[Image: http://antiqueradios.com/gallery/d/13254...sect+1.JPG]
[Image: http://antiqueradios.com/gallery/d/13254...sect+2.JPG]
[Image: http://antiqueradios.com/gallery/d/13254...sect+3.JPG]
Here is a good visual of a capacitor that has lived out it's useful life long ago. However, the set did "work". Leaving it alone, it could have shorted further inside at any time. As you can see the electrolyte/ paste inside the filter cap has dried out, and the aluminum foil element, had been eaten through. So, replacing this cap with smaller modern caps is the way to go.
I have removed the insides from the cardboard tube it was in, and I will restuff the tube with modern caps. That way, the underside of the chassis looks original. Many don't go through the trouble of restuffing. For me, It is fun to do.
[Image: http://antiqueradios.com/gallery/d/13254...sect+1.JPG]
[Image: http://antiqueradios.com/gallery/d/13254...sect+2.JPG]
[Image: http://antiqueradios.com/gallery/d/13254...sect+3.JPG]
