[Boatanchors] Request for Most Common Capacitor Values to be Reproduced

[L L bahr]

Unless you can sell them for substantially less then present suppliers, why bother?  They are all readily available now.  I buy them 25 to 100 at a time. (.1, .47, .22, .022, .047, .01,.001, .0047, .0022  I'd buy only 600 volt ones as modern caps are much smaller then the originals.  A 600 volt cap is smaller then a 200 volt one from days of old.  The exception would be if 400 volt ones are considerably cheaper then 600 volt caps.  There is no need to have a 200 or 100 volt cap made today.  I only use axials as that is what I am replacing.

Lee, w0vt

> 
> Got a call from a friend this afternoon who is talking with a
> capacitor manufacturer about producing some caps for the radio, guitar
> amp, and audio crowd. We've talked about this in the past but never
> got to it. Now it looks like it will happen.
> 
> The question is, what values would be the most handy to have supplied
> into the future for restoring old gear? Obviously we can't do a lot of
> oddball values as we're mainly looking for values that will sell well
> and be attractive from a production prospective. The few that popped
> to mind for me were:
> 
> .1, .01, and .47 mfd at both 400 and 600 vdc. I also specified axial
> lead instead of the radial leads found on Orange drops since axial
> leads are better suited to our needs. I'm looking for other values
> that are likely to be encountered often enough to warrant production.
> Maybe 6-12 different values to choose from. These would be caps used
> for bypassing and such, not filtering. I suspect we could get them
> 'banded' for the foil side as well if folks feel that is important
> enough.
> 
> The meeting is set for tomorrow, so timely input is critical. We're
> *not* looking for a list of manufacturers who already make caps as we
> believe more is better in this case. Some values are already getting
> difficult to find.
> 
> TNX -
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
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