hybrid axial radial caps

[maxkracht]

Pulled these Elna caps from an Australian amp and thought it was interesting. I do that trick sometimes with heatshrink, but I've never seen the factory made version. Has anyone else seen these? Transitional period before radial became the more common type? PCB said May '83.

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[sluckey]

I've never seen that.

[xtian]

Haw! Cheaters.

[Phil_S]

I've been thinking about this. It looks wrong. I think these are counterfeit. Someone made some Elna labels and did that. Someone should ask Elna directly if these are legit. I don't think the answer will be a surprise.

[maxkracht]

My assumption was, Elna needed to fulfill a contract for axial caps while they were phasing them out and this was good enough. Certainly could be counterfeit, but it was a production amp from a proper company and did not look like it had been molested in any way. Only other oddity, one of the rectifier diodes was a different package than the other 3. Changed them because it skeeved me out. Recapped due to age, but everything was working fine. Guy just brought it to me to put in a PT that works on 120v. Decent sounding amp, aside from a cheezy reverb.

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