Do you possess basic mechanical skills?

Posted by E-Stat (A) on May 14, 2015 at 06:33:25

In Reply to: Recapping a McIntosh Amp posted by mike555 on May 13, 2015 at 08:31:31:

I replaced the power supply caps in a Threshold amp a while back. You can buy quality Mallory computer grade caps from Mouser. Here's their catalog. I also found an exact brand MEPCO in higher voltage here.

They most likely use screw terminals and don't require soldering. Just solid mounting and attention to polarity. It appears the factory value is 38,000 uF at 60V. You want to get a close value and might end up with something slightly larger as I did depending upon the physical dimensions.

I also ended up adding some small film bypass caps to filter RFI as is commonly done today.

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Topic - Recapping a McIntosh Amp - mike555 08:31:31 05/13/15 (15)

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Do you possess basic mechanical skills? - E-Stat 06:33:25 05/14/15 (5)

RE: Do you possess basic mechanical skills? - Crazy Dave 08:21:24 05/14/15 (4)

RE: Do you possess basic mechanical skills? - E-Stat 10:41:09 05/14/15 (3)

RE: Do you possess basic mechanical skills? - Crazy Dave 16:15:41 05/14/15 (2)

It goes back to Bold Eagle's notion of "non-bright" - E-Stat 16:27:13 05/14/15 (1)

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RE: Recapping a McIntosh Amp - airtime 16:05:33 05/13/15 (0)

RE: Recapping a McIntosh Amp - spindoctor 09:47:20 05/13/15 (0)

RE: Recapping a McIntosh Amp - Bill Way 09:24:28 05/13/15 (0)

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Do you possess basic mechanical skills? - E-Stat 06:33:25 05/14/15 (5)

RE: Do you possess basic mechanical skills? - Crazy Dave 08:21:24 05/14/15 (4)

RE: Do you possess basic mechanical skills? - E-Stat 10:41:09 05/14/15 (3)

RE: Do you possess basic mechanical skills? - Crazy Dave 16:15:41 05/14/15 (2)

It goes back to Bold Eagle's notion of "non-bright" - E-Stat 16:27:13 05/14/15 (1)

RE: It goes back to Bold Eagle's notion of "non-bright" - Crazy Dave 10:00:05 05/15/15 (0)

Do you possess basic mechanical skills?

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