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Philco 38-690 electronics restoration.
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With the exception of the single electrolytic cap on the main chassis I have finished recap of it today.
Waiting for the sch to come from Chuck as I want to figure how the electrolytics are connected through the cable and to disconnect those axial electrolytics I keep for now as the place markers.

Today there was the central part, which is also the RF chassis, and it has three caps encased into a cylindrical screen, which in 2 out of 3 cases made the replacement a bit complicated.

Here is how it went.

   

This is the cap in the screen I am talking about. Nothing special: the wire soldered to the screen is easily unsoldered and the cap, after a little warming up with a heat gun to loosen the wax (6-7 seconds) is pulled out.
Then restuffed, potted and put right back. E-Z.

Now comes the second one. This is sandwiched between the two chassis plates separating the RF chassis into sections. I could not pull it out as the space is not enough.

   

Luckily, the split in the cylinder and the fact that the plates flex a little allowed me to tilt the cap at the angle enough to pull it out.

   
   

Then I put the cardboard protection disks I cut to size inside the cap after gutting it,
   

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Philco 38-690 electronics restoration. - by morzh - 04-12-2017, 07:19 PM
RE: Philco 38-690 electronics restoration. - by morzh - 04-29-2017, 03:55 PM



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