[Boatanchors] Disc caps vs paper caps

[Mark Foltarz]

YES !

Ceramic caps are the same as paper caps for all practical purposes.
Be advised ! Audiophools  - the people who can hear "blue"  - will tell you how  "terrible" ceramic caps will "sound."
And that only old paper & beeeez  wax capacitors  ( with gold leads etc)"sound good." 

So yes, ceramics are just fine. Consider all the pieces of tube gear that use ceramic caps.

de KA4JVY

Mark





>________________________________
> From: Joe Walden <w5jdy at cox.net>
>To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net 
>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:32 PM
>Subject: [Boatanchors] Disc caps vs paper caps
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>>From Joe w5jdy in Norman,Ok..  I am restoring a Zenith 1930's 6vdc farm
>radio that uses a synchronous 6 pin vibrator in the power supply (no
>rectifier tube)..  In the schematic it shows .01 paper caps at 1200volts
>from each side of the vibrator transformer secondary to ground..  Is it OK
>to use disc ceramics in their place..  I have some at 3 kv..  I think
>Sprague makes a  .01 at 1600 volts but I am having trouble finding them??
>Thanks all..  Joe  
>
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