Replacing nichicon Dual-C 10.000uF cap

[EifX]

Hi there,

I am restoring a Sony TA-2650 amp and came across a bad Nichicon Dual-C 10.000uF dual capacitor. See the attached picture.
I have searched the interweb for this but didn't find anything yet. Maybe I could replace this cap with 2 separate 10.000uF caps?
Does anyone have any advice on how to do this?

Thanks in advanced.
EifX 

[coromonadalix]

you could  with "wearing gloves and visage protection"  open the capacitor and put 2 separate capacitors in it ?   for the look ??   or try to build a round pcb as a base and solder 2 caps on it, mimicking the pinout ?

[EifX]

Did you perform this procedure yourself?
I find it a little rich for my taste  . But i will consider it and think about it.

[aqibi2000]

Find the gnd on the board and then put 2 caps

[coromonadalix]

yep i did it   but  it was aluminum casing capacitors,  you could cut it near the botom edge ... but not necessarly applicable to a modern version

But try to find axial capacitors and hot glue them together and do the proper connections ??

[andy2000]

If you care how it looks, then you can try to install new caps inside the can, as others have suggested.  If not, then you will probably have to go with two separate caps.  Are you sure it's bad? 

I see some crusty residue around the bottom.  If that's the reason you are replacing it, are you sure it's not just old adhesive?

[EifX]

Hi and thanks for all the replies.

The cap is really bad. It has just 1/2 of its capacitance.
I ordered a 22.000uF cap that is smaller than this dual-C cap and will try to fit it in the original capacitor housing.

[SeanB]

They are separate, 2 10000uF capacitors will likely fit in the volume easy enough, and if you use 105C versions they could probably be dropped in value to 8200uF anyway, which will make the bridge rectifier diodes feeding them suffer less from the massive peak current each cycle charging them back up. The 6.3A fuses would also not be so prone to blowing either, but in any case I would suggest replacing those 2 6.3A slow blow fuses on the transformer secondary anyway, they likely are pretty well worn from all those turn on surges by now.