MC went about the capacitors differently than I had done in my crossovers (seen in my system page), the two different crossovers (two different pairs of speakers) both employed a use of double wall heat shrink. Where I joined two capacitors in parallel, there was silicone between them, and then double wall heat shrink and siliconed (if it’s not a word, maybe one day it will be?) securely to the board the crossover is built on.
**Double wall heat shrink has hot glue on the inside wall.**
Either way, MC’s way or the way Mike Lenahan told me to mount the capacitors are a good way to mitigate the ringing inside of a capacitor.
An entire thread could be written on such things in crossover electronics,
and ways to get the most out of them....
Interestingly: I bought fO.q tape and discs some time ago, based on a thread on Agon actually. As the thread progressed, the claims of snake oil came into the discussion and well, when the package from Japan arrived, I simply put it in the drawer. Seems like I’d better find it and apply it sometime, somewhere?!!
@thecarpathian - your suggestion on the Erse was a really good one, and they were exceptional value for money as well. I was more than a little disappointed they’d stopped producing the FoilQ.
@millercarbon - are you going to glue and cable tie your inductors to the backing board? That is to help mitigate ringing in your metal coils, by laminating it to the backing board and high tension cable ties. As they are tensioned they kinda act like springs, constantly holding the inductor to the backing board, coupling them. **it also insures that the glue never lets go either, just sayin'!
**Double wall heat shrink has hot glue on the inside wall.**
Either way, MC’s way or the way Mike Lenahan told me to mount the capacitors are a good way to mitigate the ringing inside of a capacitor.
An entire thread could be written on such things in crossover electronics,
and ways to get the most out of them....
Interestingly: I bought fO.q tape and discs some time ago, based on a thread on Agon actually. As the thread progressed, the claims of snake oil came into the discussion and well, when the package from Japan arrived, I simply put it in the drawer. Seems like I’d better find it and apply it sometime, somewhere?!!
@thecarpathian - your suggestion on the Erse was a really good one, and they were exceptional value for money as well. I was more than a little disappointed they’d stopped producing the FoilQ.
@millercarbon - are you going to glue and cable tie your inductors to the backing board? That is to help mitigate ringing in your metal coils, by laminating it to the backing board and high tension cable ties. As they are tensioned they kinda act like springs, constantly holding the inductor to the backing board, coupling them. **it also insures that the glue never lets go either, just sayin'!