Amplifier Repair Capacitator Help

[ignoramus 10+ year member]

I need help picking out a capacitor to replace the one that fell off on my amp. The amp is a MTX TA7801. The capacitor I am talking about is a G-Luxon TW 85degrees 3300uf 100v. I went to http://www.digikey.com typed in 3300uf 100v into the search but am not sure which one is the best one to get. Can someone help me. Thanks.

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[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

Just replace it with the same one.

 

[ignoramus 10+ year member]

I would if I knew where to find the same one.

 

[orphe 10+ year member]

any one would work fine as long as teh uf and the voltage is the save

 

[ignoramus 10+ year member]

All the ones they have are longer. DOH!

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

If the cap fell out of the board are you sure that it is bad? Is it possible that you could have had a bad solder joint and the heat caused the cap to come loose? If it is still good you could just solder it back in place.

 

[Blazin_Jason 10+ year member]

So does it look like the cap leaked? That would easily allow it to eat itself and any other nearby parts off the board.

 

[ignoramus 10+ year member]

The amplifier turns on but my subwoofer is getting DC current (subwoofer at full excursion) that is what the MTX tech said atleast. I tried soldering the capacitor back on but it didn't do the trick. So I am going to try and replace the capacitor before I send in the amp to MTX for repairs. Thanks for the help though. Any other suggestions?