There are cap jobs and there are cap jobs.......

DJH83004

This Carlsbro 100TC was brought in for a Bulgin to IEC mains socket swap, and the client advised that some work had been previously done on the amp, so it didn't need any further attention, 'll leave you to draw your own conclusions 

Philtre

Terry from D-Lab would enjoy that. :-)

kreggs

Ahh well at least he clipped  the ends off the tie wraps haha

Sassafras

I use zip-ties to keep the rear axle and steering rack in position on my car.

tone1

Yeah, black cable ties would of looked neater 

springhead

kreggs said:

Ahh well at least he clipped  the ends off the tie wraps haha

Yeah but he didn't even do that properly!  Should be completely flush or they act like blades on your hands.

What a sorry mess. Hope he didn't pay to have that done.

DJH83004

To be honest, the tie-wrapped filter caps whilst looking a mess are actually functional, its the random 10uF caps dotted around the PCB that I don't like, plus the multi series / parallel resistors everywhere on the board does the guy not carry a stock of standard values?

crunchman

tone1 said:

Yeah, black cable ties would of looked neater 

would have

RiftAmps

Philtre said:

Terry from D-Lab would enjoy that. :-)

He’s a cracking watch 

Check out Shango066 on YT, his radio/tv bodge repairs are eye-opening to day the least

robinbowes

crunchman said:

tone1 said:

Yeah, black cable ties would of looked neater 

would have

Beat me to it.

Grammar Nazis of the world, unite!

kreggs

springhead said:

kreggs said:

Ahh well at least he clipped  the ends off the tie wraps haha

Yeah but he didn't even do that properly!  Should be completely flush or they act like blades on your hands.

What a sorry mess. Hope he didn't pay to have that done.

Haha yeah I used to work with a guy who went insane if you didnt cut the cable ties flush. I agree. I have cut myself many times on those things running cables in roof space.

Philtre

robinbowes said:

crunchman said:

tone1 said:

Yeah, black cable ties would of looked neater 

would have

Beat me to it.

Grammar Nazis of the world, unite!

No need for that comma.

robinbowes

Philtre said:

robinbowes said:

crunchman said:

tone1 said:

Yeah, black cable ties would of looked neater 

would have

Beat me to it.

Grammar Nazis of the world, unite!

No need for that comma.

Well-played.

R.

martinw

kreggs said:

springhead said:

kreggs said:

Ahh well at least he clipped  the ends off the tie wraps haha

Yeah but he didn't even do that properly!  Should be completely flush or they act like blades on your hands.

What a sorry mess. Hope he didn't pay to have that done.

Haha yeah I used to work with a guy who went insane if you didnt cut the cable ties flush. I agree. I have cut myself many times on those things running cables in roof space.

When I was working as a fitter/wireman, one of my supervisors was known to undo an afternoon's work for one of the new guys now and then, if they hadn't cut all the ends off their cable ties on a loom absolutely flush.

The amp in the OP is officially a mess.

kreggs

Haha and I bet the bloke never made that mistake  again

martinw

kreggs said:

Haha and I bet the bloke never made that mistake  again

That's it. Some people need a hard lesson.