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Multi-Section Capacitors - "Empties"
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Peter Wieck
May 4, 2020, 6:44:50 PM5/4/20
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This has probably been asked-and-answered before, but:
I am looking for multi-section "empties" - that would be the can and the phenolic wafer - so I can stuff them myself without the cutting-and-gutting otherwise necessary.
Anyone aware of a source?
Thanks in advance!
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
I am looking for multi-section "empties" - that would be the can and the phenolic wafer - so I can stuff them myself without the cutting-and-gutting otherwise necessary.
Anyone aware of a source?
Thanks in advance!
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
Michael Terrell
May 4, 2020, 7:22:47 PM5/4/20
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On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 6:44:50 PM UTC-4, Peter Wieck wrote:
> This has probably been asked-and-answered before, but:
>
> I am looking for multi-section "empties" - that would be the can and the phenolic wafer - so I can stuff them myself without the cutting-and-gutting otherwise necessary.
>
> Anyone aware of a source?
>
> Thanks in advance!
Hayseed Hamfest makes replacements. Maybe they will sell you the empty cans?
> This has probably been asked-and-answered before, but:
>
> I am looking for multi-section "empties" - that would be the can and the phenolic wafer - so I can stuff them myself without the cutting-and-gutting otherwise necessary.
>
> Anyone aware of a source?
>
> Thanks in advance!
https://hayseedhamfest.com/
Peter Wieck
May 4, 2020, 8:54:02 PM5/4/20
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On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 7:22:47 PM UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:
> Hayseed Hamfest makes replacements. Maybe they will sell you the empty cans?
>
> https://hayseedhamfest.com/
Good start - I will ask, and report back.
> Hayseed Hamfest makes replacements. Maybe they will sell you the empty cans?
>
> https://hayseedhamfest.com/
Thanks!
Michael Terrell
May 5, 2020, 1:35:51 AM5/5/20
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On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 8:54:02 PM UTC-4, Peter Wieck wrote:
> On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 7:22:47 PM UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:
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> > Hayseed Hamfest makes replacements. Maybe they will sell you the empty cans?
> >
> > https://hayseedhamfest.com/
>
>
> Good start - I will ask, and report back.
>
> Thanks!
Good luck. I found some aluminum tubing that is very close to the four section, but no way so far to make the plate with the ground lugs. A local Canopy manufacturer uses it for their art show products and six inch drops go back for recycling. If I can come up with a low cost ground plate, I will offer them and the tubing. They fill several 50 gallon plastic barrels with scrap, per year.
> On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 7:22:47 PM UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:
>
> > Hayseed Hamfest makes replacements. Maybe they will sell you the empty cans?
> >
> > https://hayseedhamfest.com/
>
>
> Good start - I will ask, and report back.
>
> Thanks!
Peter Wieck
May 5, 2020, 3:26:34 PM5/5/20
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Hayseed does not sell parts - they cite the raw costs for just the can and base at close to $20 retail.
Working on the source for the eBay mounting plates. No cans, but a nice 4-way base and grounding options.
Working on the source for the eBay mounting plates. No cans, but a nice 4-way base and grounding options.
Michael Terrell
May 5, 2020, 6:03:44 PM5/5/20
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On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 3:26:34 PM UTC-4, Peter Wieck wrote:
> Hayseed does not sell parts - they cite the raw costs for just the can and base at close to $20 retail.
>
> Working on the source for the eBay mounting plates. No cans, but a nice 4-way base and grounding options.
Have you ever used:
> Hayseed does not sell parts - they cite the raw costs for just the can and base at close to $20 retail.
>
> Working on the source for the eBay mounting plates. No cans, but a nice 4-way base and grounding options.
https://www.emachineshop.com/
Peter Wieck
May 5, 2020, 7:01:13 PM5/5/20
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Thank you!
But, I do keep a Unimat Lathe/mill combination - and I have sufficient tooling to do this sort of thing. Being inherently lazy, my preference is to support other cottage industries other than my own, if possible.
Next Kutztown, I will purchase a bunch of can-caps at the BIN table, typically "box for a buck" and make use of my industrial tubing cutter....
Many thanks, however!
But, I do keep a Unimat Lathe/mill combination - and I have sufficient tooling to do this sort of thing. Being inherently lazy, my preference is to support other cottage industries other than my own, if possible.
Next Kutztown, I will purchase a bunch of can-caps at the BIN table, typically "box for a buck" and make use of my industrial tubing cutter....
Many thanks, however!
Michael Terrell
May 5, 2020, 8:28:32 PM5/5/20
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I wonder if the Chinese capacitor companies would sell empty cans of the right size? For instance:
<https://gaoke-hardware.en.alibaba.com/product/60436078366-801718441/stamping_metal_part_of_aluminum_capacitor_housing_with_nickel_plating_type.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.41413.37.37b833424CF9Zd>
Zero Manufacturing makes many sizes of deep drawn aluminum cans, but they aren't cheap:
https://catalog.zerocases.com/item/deep-drawn-round-cans-covers/round-deep-drawn-cans/zmc-137
Peter Wieck
May 6, 2020, 7:21:03 AM5/6/20
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Minimum order: 500.
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