DMahalko said: Recapping with solid may be much more expensive, but also may extend the life of the device ten times longer than with electrolytic. Most of my test equipment is from the 80's and I haven't had to replace a single failed electrolytic capacitor; no shorted tantalums yet either.
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I’m recapping a small preamp and want to replace the selenium rectifier. This is on an analog chime system that has small pickups on little chime bars that are struck by solenoids. The preamp is built around a 12AX7 tube. I finished the recap and verified all the resistors are in tolerance...
There are actually whole sites devoted to "recapping." I don't think that is a good practice. One not infrequently sees visitors here who have damaged something else in the the process, such as damaging a plated through hole in a via/pad or PCB trace. The area you show does not look damaged. Can you post clear pictures of the damaged areas?