Thermal grease in stomp box??

[syzygy]

In my Boss SD-1 there is some yellow grease smeared over some of the capacitors.. what is this for?  And when I need to replace those caps with new ones, will I have to thoroughly clean out the old grease?  Should I bother with adding new grease after the replacement?

Here is a pic.

Thanks!

[R.G.]

That is hot glue, put there to hold them in place mechanically. It's not thermal grease.

[syzygy]

Ohhhh, ok.  Me feel silly now.   Thanks for your ever-presence on this board R.G.

[Narcosynthesis]

it will just be some form of glue or the like to hold the bigger components in place, to stop them moving if you bash the pedal

some builders do cover the whole circuit in goo (notably fulltone) to hide the circuits, though in that case it s jsut holding them in place

if you want to get the components off the board, you would need to get rid of the goo somehow...

David

[loscha]

if you want to get the components off the board, you would need to get rid of the goo somehow...

does freezing it and tapping it with a hammer work?

[niftydog]

does freezing it and tapping it with a hammer work?

doubtful. Do you really want to freeze your pedal? Don't think it'd be very good for it. Nor would weilding a hammer near the circuit board, especially when it's frozen!

Hot gule is surprisingly easy to deal with. Take a sharp knife and have at it.