Brian Roth
Well-known member
I have various Neve Capricorn A/D, D/A and mic pre cards which have failing lytics (certain values and date codes...not All of the lytics are bad).
I did some Google searching and found a few videos with "suggestions" on how to remove the @%&*$ caps. The "suggestions" seem like caveman tactics....grab the lytic with needle nose pliers, and rock it back and forth, apparently until:
1. The PCB solder to lytic "pins" connection fatigues and breaks.
2. The lytic's "pins" fatigue and break.
.
3, PCB foil fails (aaargh).
When I "mangle off" the lytic, I delicately solder a Quality radial cap (with carefully formed legs) onto whatever I have to work with on the PCB.
CAVEMAN!!! <G> There has to be a better way.
In case anyone is interested, I found this listing at Mouser, which shows the same style of cap (NOT that I intend to use that particular cap):
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cornell-Dubilier/AVE107M06D16T-F/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMtZ1n0r9vR22ZHbAXPxCSuoorwbn%252bHFYyE%3d
You can click on "enlarge" to see the bastard and its soldering "pins".
Here is a snap of a cluster of the caps on the actual Capricorn PCB:
I did some Google searching and found a few videos with "suggestions" on how to remove the @%&*$ caps. The "suggestions" seem like caveman tactics....grab the lytic with needle nose pliers, and rock it back and forth, apparently until:
1. The PCB solder to lytic "pins" connection fatigues and breaks.
2. The lytic's "pins" fatigue and break.
.
3, PCB foil fails (aaargh).
When I "mangle off" the lytic, I delicately solder a Quality radial cap (with carefully formed legs) onto whatever I have to work with on the PCB.
CAVEMAN!!! <G> There has to be a better way.
In case anyone is interested, I found this listing at Mouser, which shows the same style of cap (NOT that I intend to use that particular cap):
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cornell-Dubilier/AVE107M06D16T-F/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMtZ1n0r9vR22ZHbAXPxCSuoorwbn%252bHFYyE%3d
You can click on "enlarge" to see the bastard and its soldering "pins".
Here is a snap of a cluster of the caps on the actual Capricorn PCB: