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There has been a lot of talk about recapping the receivers so I thought I would post some pictures of how I use the Panasonic Snap-In caps in the power supply. This mostly applies to the 8080/9090 and there DB brothers.
1. I clip the two extra connectors off the caps.
2. I then crimp uninsulated ring terminals (18-22 guage #8 Screw size) to the capacitor. I crimp rether than solder as I think this is a better connection especally since you will be soldering to the ring terminal.
3. Then for the 9090/9090DB series I use a 1 1/4 in diameter flex coupleing that I get at Lowes or Home Depot (Plumbing dept). This coupleing is about three inches long and has hose clamps at each end, I remove the hose clamps and cut the coupleing just past the hose clamp indention. This will then slide over the cap and will exactly fit the 9090/9090DB clamps. The 8080's don't need this as these caps are the same diameter as the orginals.
4. Mount the caps and the ring terminals make it easy ot solder the wires in place.
Here are some pictures
1. I clip the two extra connectors off the caps.
2. I then crimp uninsulated ring terminals (18-22 guage #8 Screw size) to the capacitor. I crimp rether than solder as I think this is a better connection especally since you will be soldering to the ring terminal.
3. Then for the 9090/9090DB series I use a 1 1/4 in diameter flex coupleing that I get at Lowes or Home Depot (Plumbing dept). This coupleing is about three inches long and has hose clamps at each end, I remove the hose clamps and cut the coupleing just past the hose clamp indention. This will then slide over the cap and will exactly fit the 9090/9090DB clamps. The 8080's don't need this as these caps are the same diameter as the orginals.
4. Mount the caps and the ring terminals make it easy ot solder the wires in place.
Here are some pictures
