[Boatanchors] OLD mica condensers

[Carl]

And dont forget that Micamold, NOMA and others put paper foil caps in square 
and lozenge shaped enclosures that look just like mica caps.

Since I fired up the Solar Ive been going thru a stash of NOS and old mica 
pulls. Ive found many NOS to be anywhere from a bit leaky to real bad. This 
is a problem that Ive seen for about 20 years, mostly on a very small scale, 
but its rampant the past few years as the deterioation increases.Many forums 
involved with vintage gear is reporting it now.

Carl
KM1H




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Tauson" <wh7hg.hi at gmail.com>
To: "arc5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; "boatanchors" 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] OLD mica condensers


> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Carl<km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>> Better be prepared to restuff them Mike as many are leaky.
>
> Drat.  Double drat.  Other bad words as inappropriate.  On the
> positive side, I have milling capability and can probably save enough
> of the outer casing fragments to color the filler after the
> replacements are in place.  I've done that before ... though I'd
> prefer not discussing the circumstances.  ;-)
>
> Thanks, Carl.  I didn't really want to read that but I'm glad I did.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG
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