Older Weber blue capcans

[crashtm1]

Not sure what happened. I see that Weber has a different style now.
 One, maybe 2 of mine dropped out of their cans, then shorted out on other wires.
Toasted all 4 power tubes. 😢😢😢😢
Either they dropped out or the amp got slammed or dropped hard.
Anyone had this problem?

Thanks!✌🏻️✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

[MFowler]

Your saying the Weber cap can fell apart, center of the can cap slipped out of the can?


Never heard of that but anything is possible with cheap caps.


Mark

[crashtm1]

I don't know if I would consider $28 a piece cheap, but?? I'll post a pic after I pull them. Should be able to tell if they exploded.

[EL34]

Not sure what you are saying happened


Can you elaborate with pics or more detailed text?

[SoundmasterG]

The way that Weber made their blue cap cans, they aren't very sturdy. The copper tube is glued from the end of the tube to a forbon base with CA glue. I've broken some bases off the cans in the past just installing the can on the amp and had to re-glue them. They are handy in that you can get custom cans with different values and even separate grounds, but they need to be made better.


Greg