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Re: Repair advise [message #19146 is a reply to message #19064]

Thu, 15 August 2013 15:17

chicagobill
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The white Mallory caps are electrolytic capacitors. Mallory has been out of the cap business for about 20 years now. Almost all of the modern caps are made in the far East. Sprauge, Nichicon, Panasonic are a few names of current manufacturers.

Electrolytic caps are one of the common parts that are known to go bad. A lot of it depends upon how the amp was stored and used, but they can dry out and go open circuit or worse short circuit.

Any modern cap you find will probably be half the size of the old ones. Just make sure that you get the correct values for capacitance in microfarads (uF), and voltage ratings. There are two styles of cases/mounting, Axial where the leads come off of the ends of the casing for horizontal mounting and Radial where the leads come off of one end of the cap for vertical mounting.

There are 8 electrolytic capacitors on the preamp board: 4-10uF, 3-25uF and 1-100uF. The only value that is different from modern values is the 25uF, you will more likely find 22uF caps. Use the 22uF value if that is what you find.

The voltage ratings should be a minimum of 25 volts. The one 100uF cap is a filter cap, the rest are used in the audio circuits.

When you replace the electrolytics, be sure to install them in the correct orientation, as they are polarized. They will all be marked with either a plus or a minus sign pointing to one of the legs. Make note of how the original ones were installed, and install the new one the same way.

As far as the smaller value caps, these are all mylar film types and should not need replacement.

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		Re: Repair advise By: chicagobill on Thu, 15 August 2013 13:26
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		Re: Repair advise By: chicagobill on Thu, 15 August 2013 15:17
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		Re: Repair advise By: chicagobill on Thu, 15 August 2013 16:15
		Re: Repair advise By: Jonomega3 on Thu, 15 August 2013 16:29
		Re: Repair advise By: chicagobill on Fri, 16 August 2013 12:16
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		Re: Repair advise By: chicagobill on Fri, 16 August 2013 15:52
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		Re: Repair advise By: chicagobill on Fri, 16 August 2013 16:41
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