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Originally Posted by Kamakiri
Oh HELL no!!! 
This one was a freebie for a friend. I don't think I'd un-tar one of those caps if you paid me. At worst, I'd just use the terminals on the block to mount components externally. Done it before and even managed to make it look really good.
In this case it didn't seem to be needed. Just did the filters and sorted out a few wiring issues. Slow power up and ran it at around 80V for an hour before amping the voltage up. Played fine at full voltage for an hour and everything ran cool, so it went home. I'll take it step at a time....if it needs the blocks done I'll do them, but I really don't want to. |
A few years back, I was in an old radio TV shop. There was an earlier 30's Philco radio in for repair. I asked the owner if the bakelite block capacitors were replaced. He said no, they never go bad. I replied that, there would a lot of collectors that would disagree with you.
I read that those caps were vacuum impregnated. Having some experience with that process, I would almost have to agree.
