[sdiy] Replacing tropical fish caps

Nicholas Keller niroke at tampabay.rr.com
Wed Mar 8 14:13:02 CET 2017


 A friend sent me an Electro-harmonix Rhythm-12 to bring back to life. This is one of the first batches, the front panel is all silk-screened, but the PCB is labeled "S Tech" and pattern 3 is called Disco.  From what I've just seen online, the very first had an Electro-Harmonix sticker on the face, and later models had EH on the PCB and Disco changed to Waltz 2.  

Upon opening the case, I see that most if not all of the tropical fish are cracked, mostly just on the ends, but I'm guessing this may be why it's no longer working properly.  (He did not send a PSU, working on sourcing a suitable one). 

I started looking online to find some modern replacements but was struggling to find any that fit properly (10x5x3mm, 10mm LS)

Most critical I suppose is the lead spacing and width, as several caps are located close together.  Values required are 10, 22, 47, and 100nF.   

What type of cap do you recommend?  Whatever will fit? 

Thanks,

Nick




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