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[Closed] Electrical gubbins, so what is it? Amplifier content...

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This is a big metal thing in a 70s amp, does anyone recognise it?

https://flic.kr/p/22VNjD5


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 5:40 pm
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Ignore me, it's a flux capacitor


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 5:43 pm
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Looks like a mahoosive capacitor. 6800 micro Farads wouldn't usually be that big though so dunno sorry.


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 5:58 pm
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It says Ducati in the thing so it must be a motorbike!

... yep I’d say it’s a capacitor too.

As said above, it wouldn’t normally be that big so might be made of some exotic material maybe because it gave different sound characteristic to a standard capacitor?


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 6:03 pm
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I think it's just what a 1970s caoacitorlooks like


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 6:12 pm
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As above, a capacitor.


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 6:16 pm
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What sort of power is the amp supposed to put out, the better amps have a big transformer and capacitors to give more ‘headroom’ for greater dynamic range.
Chiefgrooveguru of this parish ought to know more.


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 6:21 pm
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If you reverse bias it with a lot more than 40v - it will fill the room with chicken feathers ( bitd vi form error 😉


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 6:36 pm
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It’s an electrolytic capacitor, or electrosplitic if you reverse polarity it.


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 6:39 pm
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Smoothing cap?


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 6:43 pm
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It's a 100wattt bad boy so maybe that's why the twin capacitors are ginormous


 
Posted : 02/02/2018 6:46 pm

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