Twist Lock Electrolytic Capacitor Restuffing Special

In this video I demonstrate a really effective way to restuff Can type Electrolytic capacitors. It is a relatively easy and quick procedure, and the results turn out pretty nice. Hopefully this can help somebody out there restoring their electronic equipment.

[@vtjmproductionsusa2390]

Awsome! Thank you. I do a lot of restoration on old tube amplifiers and phonographs. and some antique radios. So now I have learned this and now learned to have patience , this is going to be a nice improvement on my work.
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[@solodolo6018]

I think I might give this a try. Tired of not being able to find the values I need for can capacitors. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video.

[@oscargermanalbornozmiliani]

Professor, thank you for sharing your teachings. I congratulate you for your dedication, it shows that you love your profession.

[@countryside8122]

Glue gun works good for holding them together. Great video. This is a great idea to keep it looking all original.

[@Turboy65]

CE Electronics, sold via Amplified Parts, sells a broad range of twist lock multisection electrolytic capacitors. If they have the values you need, it's MUCH easier to buy it than try to restuff one.,

[@vtjmproductionsusa2390]

I was unable to find CE electronics. Can you supply the link? Oh and how fresh are those electrolyte capacitors?
Thanks

[@TheFineby]

Very nice! I’ll give it a try! Thanks

[@jamieostrowski4447]

Thanks for the great demo.

[@richardmawdsley2589]

Neat job! many thanks

[@ladronsiman1471]

I HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT RESTUFFING CAPS .. the thing is that heat degrades capacitors ..So enclosing caps inside a can will get them warm and the heat has nowhere to go.So they will fail sooner than later

[@oldavguywholovesRCA]

Nah, 105C caps will work all day long.

[@LouinVB]

After being uncrimped I heat them until they smoke slightly. They then come out in one pull. They won't explode once you have the can uncrimped. If the leads break off screw a small lag bolt into it to pull from.

[@y_x2]

A lot of work when you can easily put these small caps under the chassis.

[@oldavguywholovesRCA]

Sometimes I do, depends on the situation and its not a hard job to me at all, kinda fun.

[@peteleoni9665]

Ughhhhh.....ok. The tester is now very complex, perfect fot testing simple gear.

[@oldavguywholovesRCA]

You'd be surprised at the things you can do with "Old Testers". :-)

[@Pulverrostmannen]

then you would actually be surprised to know that some certain things can only be measured with a real VTVM. A DMM is cheap and simple but it has drawbacks in many ways and when you go about measuring small signals or voltages in high impedance circuits your regular DMM is actually skewing the measurement by loading the circuit which gives you the wrong reading. The input impedance of a VTVM is normally 10Meg which is about 10 times higher than a typical DMM which makes it be pretty much invisible to most circuits under tests.
never underestimate the precision of tubes because even today certain things can only be done using them. back in the days it was about quality and performance, and today everything is about pricing and profit together with consumption as often as possible