C CParish New Member Joined Jan 3, 2016 Messages 8 Feb 5, 2016 #21 Success! The 470uf leads were absolutely just barely narrow enough to fit through the drills on the board. You might not be able to fit it depending on the dimensional tolerances and various PCB revisions I imagine are floating around.
Success! The 470uf leads were absolutely just barely narrow enough to fit through the drills on the board. You might not be able to fit it depending on the dimensional tolerances and various PCB revisions I imagine are floating around.
F FoothillsGeek Experienced Member Joined Jan 20, 2015 Messages 115 Location North Carolina Feb 5, 2016 #22 Nice job! I'm looking forward to doing mine now =)
G GiGaBiTe Veteran Member Joined Apr 30, 2015 Messages 3,410 Location Austin, Texas Feb 6, 2016 #23 I haven't seen capacitor leads that thick in well over 15 years, you must have gotten some really expensive caps there. Axial capacitors from Nichicon or Rubycon aren't going to have leads that thick and should have a better fit.
I haven't seen capacitor leads that thick in well over 15 years, you must have gotten some really expensive caps there. Axial capacitors from Nichicon or Rubycon aren't going to have leads that thick and should have a better fit.