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Patrick
Fri Sept 30 2011, 03:48AM
Patrick Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
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Clean it with flux and steel wool, then buy a nice shiny brass bolt, cut the head off and grind the all-thread flat and perpendicular/square, then solder that Brass all-thread to that round bit. then insulate it as you prefer.
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sngecko
Wed Oct 05 2011, 09:08PM
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Taking Patrick's advice, I went with a brass machine screw (1/4-20) and silver conductive epoxy. First, I used lemon juice and salt (1:1 vol.) to clean off the oxidation and corrosion. I used a plastic tape core that was exactly 1" diameter and 1/2" tall as a form. Later I will pot the whole top in white marine epoxy.

1317848878 3447 FT125071 Cap2

1317848878 3447 FT125071 Cap1
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Patrick
Wed Oct 05 2011, 09:57PM
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So how does it ohm out, between the brass and original copper plate?
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sngecko
Wed Oct 05 2011, 10:05PM
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0.2-0.5 ohms
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Patrick
Wed Oct 05 2011, 10:10PM
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is that good enough?
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sngecko
Wed Oct 05 2011, 11:33PM
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I measured the same resistance before the retrofit from one side of the shiny plate to the other side and from the nipple to the plate. I did discover during the cleaning that the nipple had been soldered to the copper plate.

As I mentioned, this is only a filter cap that will have a ripple less than 2%. That's 400 volts variation at 20kVDC. I can't imagine that causing any trouble. But perhaps I'm not sufficiently clever to see the rub.

The only restriction I can imagine related to this resistance is the heat affecting the epoxy.
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Patrick
Thu Oct 06 2011, 12:27AM
Patrick Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
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I think your fine.
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