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Re: Those Photoflash Electros: OK After a PS Choke?

7/7/1999 10:27 PM
Craig	Re: Those Photoflash Electros: OK After a PS Choke? Man, this is a trip - a few months back, I asked this same exact question, and most folks recommended that I steer clear of those for guitar amp applications. Several folks warned me off adamantly. If I remember right, the issue was whether or not they would handle the long-term demands of a tube amp PS. I still have a lot to learn, no doubt, but I kind of figured it the way Don does - pretty tough puppies to withstand the application they are intended for - probably fine for guitar amps. Now I'm pissed that I threw 'em all out. Oh well, more where that came from... FWIW: I found that every single retailer I asked was willing to save these for me, and for a few months I picked up regularly at 3 neighborhood drugstores on a weekly basis. I learned that it was better NOT to mention the caps - that sort of talk tended to make managers nervous - I just said I was an artist who wanted the whole unit for a peice I was working on. The beauty of these things is that they are virtually unused when you salvage them. What, like 24 charge/discharge cycles and thats it? No wonder the mfg's get the retailers to recycle them. Talk about stretching your investment...

7/7/1999 10:27 PM

Craig

Re: Those Photoflash Electros: OK After a PS Choke?

Man, this is a trip - a few months back, I asked this same exact question, and most folks recommended that I steer clear of those for guitar amp applications. Several folks warned me off adamantly. If I remember right, the issue was whether or not they would handle the long-term demands of a tube amp PS. I still have a lot to learn, no doubt, but I kind of figured it the way Don does - pretty tough puppies to withstand the application they are intended for - probably fine for guitar amps. Now I'm pissed that I threw 'em all out. Oh well, more where that came from...

FWIW: I found that every single retailer I asked was willing to save these for me, and for a few months I picked up regularly at 3 neighborhood drugstores on a weekly basis. I learned that it was better NOT to mention the caps - that sort of talk tended to make managers nervous - I just said I was an artist who wanted the whole unit for a peice I was working on. The beauty of these things is that they are virtually unused when you salvage them. What, like 24 charge/discharge cycles and thats it? No wonder the mfg's get the retailers to recycle them. Talk about stretching your investment...

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