Alternatives to the cap stack.

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:24 am

I did the traditional hot glue cap stack in an Express and have decided I don't want to do it in the Rocket I'm building. I tried to search for alternatives. Any suggestions or links to threads would be appreciated.

JoshBernstein · Post by **JoshBernstein** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:35 am

Im by no means an expery in this stuff, im still learning. But you can go with cap cans, they seem less dangerous/more serviceable to me.
Just a suggestion.

Post by **xtian** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 3:05 am

Radials. Bloody cheap and just as good.

strelok · Post by **strelok** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:46 am

Alternatively if you don't want to deal with adding the holes you can just build the cap stack but using terminal trips. Nice and easy to solder and desolder and no gluey mess.

norburybrook · Post by **norburybrook** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:58 am

If you're doing a rocket check out my last build

http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28487

Great layout and everything all on one board.

MC

BLT · Post by **BLT** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:42 pm

I think RJ came up with some clever routing for his Roadrunner XP.

telentubes · Post by **telentubes** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 2:48 am

Here's a thread...

http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

I have some pics of the board layout... somewhere...

M Fowler · Post by **M Fowler** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 2:58 pm

I've done many different type of cap boards rather then cap stack and I also like just using can caps.

Photos: Two are 18w Rockets, one is Express combo and Song Bird 30.

But the idea is to show many ways to skin a cat.

pablogt · Post by **pablogt** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:15 pm

I did this....

M Fowler · Post by **M Fowler** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:25 pm

Nice job Pablo but I don't even know what you have going on with your bias board

Mark

M Fowler · Post by **M Fowler** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:26 pm

repeat.

dorrisant · Post by **dorrisant** » Fri Mar 25, 2016 5:19 pm

Here is a layout that I did a while back. I like the way the caps can be changed rather easily...

RJ Guitars · Post by **RJ Guitars** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:52 am

I ran this a few years back... http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13255

For my own builds I have grown to appreciate the Can Cap approach because it cleans up the wiring a bunch.

pablogt · Post by **pablogt** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:50 pm

the pcb in my Express is a VVR from Dana. It wanted to mount it at a 90 degrees angle to the chasis, but I realized too late that it interfered with the PT secondaries so I rotated it to it's present position....

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:16 am

Thanks for all the ideas guys. Sorry if this was a repeat, I apparently didn't search well enough. If someone can find the previous thread and link the two together it may help others in the future.

The Amp Garage

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