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Hi folks
Built a little site with pics of my 240. Just took them to help me with a rebuild and thought maybe others could use them and/or they would be useful in discussions. Will be adding electrolytics photos soon. Here ya go!
Dave
Follow Ups:
Just finished my second MC-225 today, too. Did much of what you're up to: power supply electrolytics and tube socket cleanup.Nice to see these old amps updated for another 40 years of life. Keep us updated on the progress.
Cheers,
Have orange drops and new resistors coming. Also new silicon. Still trying to figure out what to do with the goofy value electrolytic cans. I'll post the after pics on the same site later.
Dave
The big 'litic can for the MC-225 I got from Audio Classics. There's only one multi-part can in the 225. The voltage doubler cans - your's are 2 part, I believe - they may have, too. Ask for the parts department. The 225's voltage doubler had 2 single-node cans which I used new NTE caps and installed them beside the originals.If Audio Classics doesn't have the cans, I had the multi-part cans for my MX-110 made up by a guy in Oregon who specialized in hand-built multi's for old guitar amps. That kept the restoration much more clean rather than stringing out lots of small cans. He'll have to quote you a price.
Good luck.
Cheers,
Thanks for the leads, I'll make some calls. An antique radio collector friend of mine guts the cans out and stuffs them with the modern day smaller equivalents, so all you see are leads coming out of the bottom of the can. I've been thinking of doing something like that, if it'll fit. Still the problem of course, has been finding a modern 250mf/250v. I also recall reading somewhere that you can string two caps of half the value in a series or parallel (can't remember which) to make the equivalent of one larger cap. Is this recommended?
Thanks for sharing.
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