[ARC5] Disc Capacitors

[Bill Cromwell]

On Sun, 2013-03-03 at 11:25 -0500, Geoff wrote:

> 
>   For high volume radios and TV's most manufacturers didnt bother with 
> unnecessary information on their caps, they ordered huge quantities and as 
> long as assemblers knew what to grab that is all that mattered.
> 
> Service shops could consult SAMS if they had a need to know more but I doubt 
> it happened much as they could care less. A .01 was a .01 for 99 44/100% of 
> the time
> 
> Same with low priced sales outlets, they bought the same, often mfg 
> overstocks or part of the same production runs as the equipment 
> manufacturers. Since the early 50's the .01 500V was about 1/2" in diameter 
> and unmarked except for value and maybe a logo or just a part # such as 
> Zenith used. When standards evolved more info was added.
> 
> Ive treated those unmarked .01's and the slightly larger .05's as 500V for 
> decades and have used in all sorts of 200-300V non critical circuits without 
> even a hint of failure. As mentioned, higher voltage ones are thicker and 
> Ive yet to see any 1000V or higher that were not marked.
> 
> Carl 
> 

So...

Those would probably be useful in the screen bypass locations used in
receivers and in transmitters before the high voltage plate circuits...

Thanks Carl.

73,

Bill  KU8H