Short video about common mistakes when recapturing (replacing capacitors) vintage electronics. This includes vintage stereos, radios, appliances, CB radios, amateur radio receivers and transmitters, calculators, computers and more.
We hope this gives you some tips and hints for restoring your vintage device.
Topics include:
– Confuse factory adhesive with leaky capacitors
– Factory plates and manuals with incorrect labels
– Capacitors installed incorrectly
– Use of larger capacitors than specified
– Buy electrolytic capacitors on Ebay
– Replace everything at once

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