[Jukebox-list] Explosions-was-electrolytic caps

[Ron Rich]

Karl,
  Got to take a wild guess here--new in-jun-eers were hired, and took a look at the circuit ( and, or most likely, COST ! ) ?
  Ron Rich

Karl <karlh44 at knology.net> wrote:
  Ron,
Yeah, ya have to suspect something when a company says they decided to 
remove a part that they claim never needed to be there in the first place. I 
doubt they would have ever installed it at all without some sort of 
reasoning in their minds, even if it was flawed reasoning that they didn't 
want to admit they'd had.

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Rich" 
To: "Jukebox mailing list" 
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Explosions-was-electrolytic caps


> Karl,
> Yes--itsa bigga bang ! FYI, Seeburg eliminated that cap, in the "V" 
> production, or "K" production--not sure which, and suggested that it be 
> eliminated in earlier units also. I wonder now if that wasn't the real 
> reason the removed it?? They claimed another reason, and also claimed that 
> it "did nothing"---Ron Rich
>
> Karl wrote:
> 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"
> To: "Jukebox mailing list"
> 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 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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