[ARC5] bathtub cap restoration

Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Sat Jun 21 13:35:57 EDT 2014


On 21 Jun 2014 at 2:14, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 wrote:

> One minor (well, OK, nitpicking) comment on this thread.  A bathtub 
> capacitor is either square or rectangular and looks vaguely like an inverted
> antique bathtub.  And the terminals are mounted individually to the body, not to
> the flat removable surface.  I don't think there is a generally accepted term
> for the cylindrical capacitors common to the A.R.C. built Type K derived
> equipment.  I've heard them referred to as "flower pot", although flower pots
> don't generally have feet and they don't have lids.  Chamber pot?  Small crock
> pot???  

I prefer "can-cap" or even "canned-cap".

Ken W7EKB


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