[Jukebox-list] Explosions-was-electrolytic caps

[Karl]

Ron,

Saw one....in the same place....scared the begeebers outta me. That thing 
sounded like a shotgun going off and filled the area with smoke!!! I was 
lucky too.....30 seconds earlier I had my face down there looking for broken 
wiring.

Karl
Columbus Coin-Op Shop
2061 S Lumpkin Rd
Columbus, GA 31903
(706) 507-2963

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Rich" <ronnnrich at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Explosions-was-electrolytic caps


> Speaking of "spectacular explosions", has any one ever seen a "paper", or 
> "tubular" condenser explode ? I once saw the .1 on the front of a Seeburg 
> mech blow up, and I have seen a couple of mech covers damaged by that 
> happening--but never anything else. Ron Rich
>
> Jay Hennigan <jay at west.net> wrote:   CASWELL CIVIL & LANDSCAPE wrote:
>> Hi, Looking at recapping an amp for the first time and need some help. My 
>> concern is with identifying the pos and neg on the electrolytic caps. 
>> Some have no markings and others have a solid black line at one end.( I 
>> assume this is the neg end but would rather be safe than sorry) The amp 
>> is out of a 148 trashy. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Older electrolytics usually marked the positive end with a + mark.
> Modern electrolytics often mark the negative end with a stripe and a -
> symbol.
>
> If both wires come out of the same end of the can, the longer wire will
> be positive.
>
> If they come out of opposite ends, the wire spot-welded to the can
> itself is negative, the wire protruding through an insulator is positive.
>
> If you get it wrong, after the spectacular explosion, put the next
> replacement in the other way around. :-)
>
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