Elizabethan LZ29. A loose cap 0.47uF. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

karatsk · 16th Feb 2023, 11:06 am

Good morning I was wondering if anybody can help I have just got an Elizabethan LZ29 and during transit a 0.47 cap has come off and I can't see where it should be on the player I was hoping somebody may have a picture so I can see where to solder it back to.

Thank you

vinrads · 16th Feb 2023, 11:35 am

Hmm that looks like an add on a circuit would be handy. Mick.

deswradio · 16th Feb 2023, 12:38 pm

I had a quick look at the circuit diagram - couldn't see any mention of a 0.47uF capacitor (but it was a quick look).

Des

Sideband · 16th Feb 2023, 1:06 pm

To be honest, it doesn't look like an original part....certainly not the way the leads are bent...almost as if a larger component made to fit a smaller space. Just doesn't look like it was a factory fitted part.....

karatsk · 16th Feb 2023, 1:13 pm

Thanks for the info so far, the machine dose work but was just concenced that this was floating round in the base of the machine

Boulevardier · 16th Feb 2023, 2:32 pm

Probably a random capacitor that someone used for temporary test purposes and then forgot to remove, leaving it lying lose in case.

Station X · 16th Feb 2023, 2:44 pm

Service information is available here:-

https://www.service-data.com/product...38/2221/e11638

DMcMahon · 16th Feb 2023, 4:29 pm

In my experience it is not that uncommon to find electrical components and mechanical parts in tape recorders that after checking do not belong to that recorder.

As above maybe it was used for testing purposes or fault finding.

Unless the soldering was dreadful, would not expect it to have fallen out, if it was a fitted capacitor.

As per Post 3 I also cannot see this value of capacitor shown on the LZ29 or the LZ29/L schematics.

David

16th Feb 2023, 11:06 am	#1
karatsk Diode Join Date: Feb 2023 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK. Posts: 2	Elizabethan LZ29. A loose cap 0.47uF. Good morning I was wondering if anybody can help I have just got an Elizabethan LZ29 and during transit a 0.47 cap has come off and I can't see where it should be on the player I was hoping somebody may have a picture so I can see where to solder it back to. Thank you Attached Thumbnails

16th Feb 2023, 11:35 am	#2
vinrads Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK. Posts: 3,762	Re: A loose cap 0.47uf Hmm that looks like an add on a circuit would be handy. Mick.

16th Feb 2023, 12:38 pm	#3
deswradio Tetrode Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Lewes, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 66	Re: A loose cap 0.47uf I had a quick look at the circuit diagram - couldn't see any mention of a 0.47uF capacitor (but it was a quick look). Des

16th Feb 2023, 1:06 pm	#4
Sideband Dekatron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Croydon, Surrey, UK. Posts: 7,572	Re: A loose cap 0.47uf To be honest, it doesn't look like an original part....certainly not the way the leads are bent...almost as if a larger component made to fit a smaller space. Just doesn't look like it was a factory fitted part..... __________________ There are lots of brilliant keyboard players and then there is Rick Wakeman.....

16th Feb 2023, 1:13 pm	#5
karatsk Diode Join Date: Feb 2023 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK. Posts: 2	Re: A loose cap 0.47uf Thanks for the info so far, the machine dose work but was just concenced that this was floating round in the base of the machine

16th Feb 2023, 2:32 pm	#6
Boulevardier Octode Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Bristol, UK. Posts: 1,654	Re: A loose cap 0.47uf Probably a random capacitor that someone used for temporary test purposes and then forgot to remove, leaving it lying lose in case.

16th Feb 2023, 2:44 pm	#7
Station X Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4, UK. Posts: 21,288	Re: Elizabethan LZ29. A loose cap 0.47uF. Service information is available here:- https://www.service-data.com/product...38/2221/e11638 __________________ Graham. Forum Moderator Reach for your meter before you reach for your soldering iron.

16th Feb 2023, 4:29 pm	#8
DMcMahon Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK. Posts: 6,603	Re: Elizabethan LZ29. A loose cap 0.47uF. In my experience it is not that uncommon to find electrical components and mechanical parts in tape recorders that after checking do not belong to that recorder. As above maybe it was used for testing purposes or fault finding. Unless the soldering was dreadful, would not expect it to have fallen out, if it was a fitted capacitor. As per Post 3 I also cannot see this value of capacitor shown on the LZ29 or the LZ29/L schematics. David