Why I Like Mallory Blue Caps

[TheAmpNerd]

any questions?

 

[Witek]

What the hell did you do to it?
That's your grounding cap isn't it? (0.047uF 600v caps usually are) Commonly referred to as the 'death cap'

(hoping that don't happen to any of mine)

 

[KLB]

I'm coming up with signifcantly less than a thousand words from your picture.

 

[TheAmpNerd]

Exactly,

I kept trying to solder it back together to make it work.

The price people want for these things...

...I figured there had to be a way
to make it work!


It ended up like....


....


Which is actually one of the
few good uses for this emoticon.

 

[tremolux]

....and how DID the 600vdc D-cap come to be in this condition? Did you really try to solder it? wow!

 

[TheAmpNerd]

....and how DID the 600vdc D-cap come to be in this condition? Did you really try to solder it? wow!

I have no idea how it happened, it just came in an amp like that.

No, I have to admit I really didn't try to solder it back
together.

But I did stay at a holiday inn express last night.

:BEER

 

[mr coffee]

:BEER

 

[tremolux]

Good one!!! :AOK ....but, next thing you know, somebody will shoot you an email that will be like a guy whispering over his shoulder in a back alley....."ppsstt...hey, yo mac..how much you want for that old cap?"

 

[nateG.]

Are these caps really worth some money? I've got a bunch from a gutted '67 Bassman head.