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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion => Topic started by: soop on April 04, 2018, 02:41:47 AM
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I'm considering recapping my 2 GTs myself. My soldering has improved markedly, but I'm still a bit scared. Anyway, two questions:
I just watched a video, and the way the guy explained it, it made it seem like the capacitors are kind of surface mounted instead of through-hole. If that's the case, that would make it a lot more fiddly, is this correct? Or can I desolder them from the bottom?
If I recapped it, I'd ideally want to replace the caps like for like, with the same low profile type. What are these called, and is there a downside to using these?
*edit* I opened them up and answered my own questions. Surface mount, and aluminium caps. I don't know what the pros and cons are of aluminium caps, but suffice it to say, I don't feel comfortable enough in my skills to recap these.
So let's change the question - does anyone know a decent source in the UK that recaps GTs? I'd ideally like to see some examples of work, or have someone vouch for them before I sent them off. I don't want a crappy job done on these
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Pretty sure Vimtoman is in the UK. Send him a PM to see if he will work on it for ya.
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Will do - thanks KC