Harman kardon a300 rebuild


Hi everyone. I’m replacing the can capacitors on my a300 with custom built caps from Hayseed Hamfest. The hot can (cardboard wrapped) is made by GE and its specs are printed on the can as 60-100 micro farads at 350v. I’m concerned about the range of uF as I need to specify a uF rating for them to build a new one. Should I specify 100uF or something in the middle like 80uF?

thanks in advance for your responses 

ccogopher

It’s C23 on the schematic. On the schematic it’s rated as 100uF @200v but the can is rated (as per the piece of paper between the metal and the cardboard covering) 60-100uF @ 350 volts. Everything on the unit looks original although I suppose the person who owned it before me could have replaced the cap.
Now after close inspection… I see the resistor between c23 and c24 is 650 ohms instead of the 470 ohms that is shown in the schematic. The soldering looks terrible so it was probably added by someone who couldn’t find the right replacement for the capacitor. Does this seem logical? 
BTW, I’m a beginner with this.

Well, everyone starts as a beginner. 😊

According to the schematic I would use 100μF for C23 and C24A, higher voltage rating wouldn’t hurt either. I don’t know why 650Ω and not 470Ω, you can try both for best performance.

BTW, since you are rebuilding it, my suggestion is to replace the diodes with UF4007 to reduce noise.

 

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Waste of money for a boutique cap. For the power supply electrolytic caps commercial grade are fine! BTW I have a nicely restored HK A300.