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DW8000@yahoogroups.com, Shayne Cafferata <scafferata@s...> wrote:
> when replacing large caps how do you deal with the adhesive that is used
> to keep them in place? cut around them with an exacto? what is the
> adhesive? i'll need to get some.
It's generally just some sort of liquid glue that hardens over time into something very
brittle. You should be able to just carefully chip it away with a small Xacto or even jeweler
screwdriver, just be careful. There's really no need to replace the glue, it just holds
components to the board before flow soldering during mechanized assembly. You'll be
doing your replacement by hand, so you just stick the leads through the holes and spread
them a bit to hold them for soldering.
I'm really impressed that you are component-level rebuilding your DW8K power supply,
but if it starts getting too expensive, pick up a "parts" DW8K, something with physically
damaged keys or cracked case or something, and scavenge the power supply.
-Mark