fdiskitup
Experienced Member
I was extremely lucky on craigs list and found this wonderful hombrew SS-50 system from the original maker, a very nice guy who spent an hour explaining the parts to me.
I began the cleaning and checkout process, stripping it down to remove the spiders etc. Before I try and power it on.
The only thing that looks bad is a big capacitor on the power supply side. 19,000 uF 20V DC.
First question, can I replace this with a 19,000 uF cap with higher voltage rating , say 75V ?
Second question, Should I buy a new cap from mouser, newark etc , or the exact same vintage part from ebay new old stock (40year old) ? Will electrolytics have survived?
And should I replace them both or all? They seem really expensive.
I began the cleaning and checkout process, stripping it down to remove the spiders etc. Before I try and power it on.
The only thing that looks bad is a big capacitor on the power supply side. 19,000 uF 20V DC.
First question, can I replace this with a 19,000 uF cap with higher voltage rating , say 75V ?
Second question, Should I buy a new cap from mouser, newark etc , or the exact same vintage part from ebay new old stock (40year old) ? Will electrolytics have survived?
And should I replace them both or all? They seem really expensive.