complete newbie help please

[stuartyp]

Hello can some you please help me i have no idea what im looking at but i would say that the cap is blowin

can this cap be replaced be its self or is the whole lot going to have to be done
as you can see there is quite a few of them its inside my phoenix gold power core its 20farad i have been told the whole thing is scrap many thanks stuarty

[mockingbird]

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Wow!

If I could guess I would say those are some low end Samxon variety.

Send it to Topcat, it will keep him busy.

[kc8adu]

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replace all with mcz.

[seanc]

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Looks like it's full of fakes to me.
Rubbish sleeves, different vent styles.

What does this device do?

[ratdude747]

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fakes!

if they used fakes, i question the quality of everything else inside. may or may not be worth fixing.

[AudioCraZ]

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Wow... Look at the different vent caps... LOL

You would figure that somebody making, or inspecting those would see a light bulb come on... Gotta love sub standard work.

Post some pics of the rest of it, maybe somebody here can determine if it is worth salvaging or not.

[kikkoman]

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wait... am I the only one who sees a screw in that cap?

[stj]

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exactly, the screw is too long and has hit the cap.
get a shorter screw.

and then do a poly-mod!


why not just use big beer-can size caps with a copper bus-bar?

[stuartyp]

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I will put some more pictures up after work for you's. This is a 20farad power cap made be Phoenix gold for car audio.

[c_hegge]

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I've never seen so many caps on one device. That would take hours to re-cap. It looks like several are slightly bulging. I can't believe that the manufacturer would put one underneath a long screw, though!

[stuartyp]

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I must check the case tonight I don't think there is a screw near the caps. The lid screws on around the edges with 4/5 mm screws. Now I don't know what the last owner has done but when I opened it this is what I found. He told me that it works perfectly. I know it hasn't dropped any volts as it's stayed the same for the last 5/6 months but I have never conected anything to it yet. How can I test this

[stuartyp]

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I'm trying to get pictures of the outside of the cap to show there is no screws where the damage is done but can't find any on the net to copy I will do this when I get home

[Scenic]

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would be interesting what those caps are (label shots).
well.. more like what they're supposed to be after the sloppy resleeving job

cap values and quantity would be needed for an estimate to replace all those junk caps.
(+ you need to find someone willing to spend a couple hours on recapping )

[Scenic]

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lol!
http://phoenixphorum.com/powercore-2...ight=powercore

looks like PG used to be a reputable high end brand (early stuff has only Pannys and NCCs), got bankrupt and switched owners 2 times.. resulting in garbage like this..

those are 288 caps in total btw

the other powercore model is even more scary.. with leaking, cracked aerogel supercaps...

http://phoenixphorum.com/15f-powercore-doa-vt10201.html

[kc8adu]

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sounds like its a first class pile of shit.
how thick is the copper on the board?
i would just use an optima redtop or an oddesy agm in its place.
avoid kinetic.pure junk.

[seanc]

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sounds like its a first class pile of shit.

Having read the threads Scenic linked, I totally agree.

[stuartyp]

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Yea i think i will give it a miss now. I have 3 stinger svp70 batterys this was just an extra that i was going to use for a distro block and to make sure there was no voltage drop when the car is being jugded for sq

[kc8adu]

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Yea i think i will give it a miss now. I have 3 stinger svp70 batterys this was just an extra that i was going to use for a distro block and to make sure there was no voltage drop when the car is being jugded for sq

your stingers are rebadged odessy's.

[stj]

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what's wrong with a few "beer-can's" with copper busbar instead of a fuckload of tiny caps?

most mobile-audio is a scam these days anyway - numbers quoted are always peak-music-power not rms.

i used to put 300w amps in large cars and a pair of stage 12" drivers.
it could rock the street & flex the body panels far more than a lot of the junk i see now.

[ratdude747]

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if you junk it, send it to c hegge- he would love to throw all 288 of those caps in the fire as firecrackers!

not really- he lives down under... shipping could be a real b!tch...

not that he wouldn't dream... he could make one hell of a Judah's belt out of all of those!