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#14 Kenwood TS 50 Capacitors and previous repairs gone bad part 1 Evaluation

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In this video we look at a tech special TS-50. What we find is smd caps have leaked on the pcb causing corrosion. Someone tried repairing with through hole caps but ended up ripping traces off the board. Part one I will evaluate the repair and remove parts then clean the board.

In part 2 I will show you how to repair the missing traces the correct way. Will be doing some heavy cleaning and then cutting small pads and traces out of 1.4 mill copper foil. Then we glue the foil down with some epoxy that can take the heat of soldering. After parts have been replaced I will have to get into trouble shooting mode to find other problems hiding inside.

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