[ARC5] Recapping an ARC-5 R-19

Scott Robinson spr at earthlink.net
Thu Jan 25 11:59:59 EST 2024


Probably originally +/- 20% for caps, resistors likely +/- 10% by WWII 
time, was +/- 20% earlier.

/scott robinson

On 1/22/24 5:20 PM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
> >> I can parallel two for 0.04 or three for 0.06.
>
> Dealer's choice.   It won't matter  The tolerance of the original caps 
> probably exceeded the range 0.04 to 0.06....
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB.
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM <n2lxm at juno.com> wrote:
>
>     Good evening All,
>             Finnaly get this project done. I do haave a question on
>     recapping the receiver. The can caps show as 0.05 uf. I don't have
>     any in house. But I do have a big bag of 0.02 uf 1KV disc caps. So
>     how critical is this value. I can parallel two for 0.04 or three
>     for 0.06.
>
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