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Bottlehead Kits => Legacy Kit Products => Reduction => Topic started by: jwrossie on January 27, 2015, 12:29:44 PM

Title: Build problem dayton 0.01 400v
Post by: jwrossie on January 27, 2015, 12:29:44 PM

I am building my Reduction as we speak. Everything went pretty smooth ... until the last moment.

I was soldering the stack of dayton capacitors near the A tube, which was a bit of a difficult angle.
When the soldering was done, I looked at the stacked capacitors near the B tube and ... I hit the stack with my soldering iron :( .

One side was already done, the other lead was stil free.

I did measure it (put my multimeter on ohms and after that to volts dc and then you need to see the voltage gradually discharging).
I know the capacitor is gone  :( .

But I can't find the same capacitor (Dayton 0.01 400v) in the Netherlands (Europe)
http://www.daytonaudio.com/index.php/where-to-buy/

Is a replacement from bottlehead my only option?

Title: Re: Build problem dayton 0.01 400v
Post by: Paul Birkeland on January 27, 2015, 03:39:58 PM

Yeah, that sucker is fried. A tight tolerance 0.01uf polypropylene cap rated for at least 200V will work in its place, or you can email replacementparts(at)bottlehead(dot) com regarding replacements.

-PB

Title: Re: Build problem dayton 0.01 400v
Post by: jwrossie on January 27, 2015, 11:32:53 PM

Thank you PB, I sent an e-mail to that address.

Let's hope the parts will get here fast, so I can finish this amp  :).