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    Yet Another Cornwall I Crossover Post - 2023

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    2 hours ago, geoff. said:

    @MacWorks,

     

    If you leave the iron on the capacitor leads too long you will fry the capacitors. Leave the leads as long as they come.

     

    I am not even sure a 25 Watt iron is up to the task. The wires will suck up a lot of the heat before they “tin”.

     

    Many people, myself included use aligator clips clamped across the capacitor leads as a heat sink. I have even put a tiny bit of moistened sponge inside the clips when the leads are really short (salvaged from another project) in addition to a clamp or as many as I can fit.


    There are really cheap “automatic wire strippers” that may come in handy.

     

    I would be inclined to leave the original caps right where they are on the board and leave a couple inches of wire still soldered to each cap. There is a lot of real estate for the new caps beside them on those boards. Or, if you are worried about the “cans” eventually leaking you could pull them off, but leave a couple inches of wire on them, just in case… 

     

    Thank you, @geoff. All really good suggestions. I will follow your advice and get a better iron and leave the old cans in place.

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