I've found some sage advice on the process of recapping itself, but nothing specific for the C100. I'd be interested in a list of electrolytics worth replacing and even better, which of those could afford to be audio grade.
Yeah. Sure. Ok.toshik said:IMHO it's a waste of time, labor and money to replace ALL caps. All you'd need to check is the power supply filtering ones and faulty bypasses. Also you might as well do a visual inspection for leaky ones.
Funny, because I find failed/out-of-spec electrolytic caps in blasters all the time. It's not necessarily all of them, but still, quite a few.toshik said:Most of our boomboxes used premium OEM capacitors which simply do not fail by themselves.
Ceramic ones would last forever unless they'd crack Recent computer PCBs still use tiny electrolytic cans.Cpl-Chronic said:What about solid body caps like you see on computer boards now? I hear they last a lot longer than standard pop-can electrolytics & are supposed to be very good too...
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I guess the definition of 'costing an arm and a leg' is determined by the user..... I bought and replaced about 135 caps in one boombox. All premium and maybe cost $40. I think that's a cheap way to protect your investment and they aren't that hard to replace.toshik said:Buying cheap ones made in China does not make sense, premium ones by Matsushita from let's say Digikey would cost an arm and a leg.