If you want to maintain the vintage look i.e. on an old radio chassis etc, it's better to gut the can entirely and leave it hollow, then solder the caps under the chassis.
Some nice Russian cans going off here to show the destruction possible:
[LINK to video of Russian NoGoodSenseNiks doing stuff that will burn down a house once Murphy catches up with them]
Those guys are Darwin Awards waiting to happen...
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ebay has already announced its decision to me and that includes the full refund, so little worries.
Like you I don't believe it till I see it.
Got up this morning, checked my paypal account and tada: ebay has refunded me the full price plus all shipping costs including customs! ![ThumbsUp :-+](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/icon_smile_thumbsup.gif)
My first reaction was transferring the refund to my bank account anyway. ![Smiley :)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Looks like you got really lucky... best buy a Lotto ticket.
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It's perfectly safe if you don't do anything stupid. Problem is we're stupid animals ![Smiley :)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
My wife tells me I'm a dumb ass all the time...
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That post was mainly for the benefit of those who haven't seen a can blow ![Smiley :)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Hahaha. Similar. I used to buy old valve radios from jumble sales, come home, plug them in and see what happened. Usually were dumped off at a jumble sale for a reason after being left in a shed for a few years. Not very healthy capacitors galore. You haven't lived though until you've blown the cap, it shorted then smoked a transformer and had to crawl out of the kitchen door on the floor to avoid the smoke ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif)
Oh and selenium rectifiers - pong ![Sad :(](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
Been dere, dunnat, burned the shirt. While I was wearing it.
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My first practical electronics course in high school; we'd plug small electrolytics into the outlet strips across the top shelves of the workbenches so when the teacher flipped them on fist thing they'd pop off... well, after a few such gags, ol' man Firch didn't turn on the strips first thing in the AM; he showed a video lecture presentation on Tesla coils and Van DeGraaf generators and waited until we were watching some especially aggressive man-made lightning to set them off.
I think I was the only one who noticed; but the capacitors had been relocated to sockets right by the regular perps. Fortunately, my cap was "accidentally" knocked onto the floor... but I got the message.
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Lastly, thanks for the test gear pr0n you guys... well done indeed.
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mnem
13th Commandment: Thou shalt police they workbench for MOOP, both carefully and frequently.