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Arcade and Pinball Discussions => General Arcade and Video Game Discussions => Topic started by: xcaliber on March 18, 2015, 07:50:38 pm



Title: Orange capacitor
Post by: xcaliber on March 18, 2015, 07:50:38 pm
Guys,

First off, thanks to all who have been helping me out. I actually did my first cap kit today. I was replacing caps on a Crystal Castles audio/power board. I got down to two big capacitors and they have an orange sticky/glue underneath them. Was this there to hold them in place?

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Title: Re: Orange capacitor
Post by: iankellogg on March 19, 2015, 10:45:29 am
Basically hot glue or some other kind of elastic adhesive. Hot glue will be fine. just clean the old crap off with rubbing alcohol and put some hot glue down. It is a good idea to glue the capacitors down so they don't break off when you move the game around.