Yesterday I’ve swapped the capacitors of my TS-850 CAR-board. It was not a very difficult job, but men, what are those smd-parts tiny! I have to get another iron for this little stuff.

Anyway, the leaking capacitors are replaced. No damage to the circuit board underneath the capacitors was discovered. Only the green layer was damaged around the capacitors. I’ve scraped everything clean and then cleaned it with some alcohol. Next I put down some transparant nail varnish to protect the clean board. After reconnect it in the rig, it turn out to work fine! So job done I guess!

After I took the picture, I’ve swapped the 47 µF/16V one for a normal (not smd) version of 25V. There was enough room for it, so why bother to get the smd-version. Hopefully no leakage on my CAR-board anymore!