[Boatanchors] Repair Advice

[Al Klase]

Lots of room for mistakes here.  When in doubt about the type of 
capacitor, saw both ends off with a hacksaw, crack the case, and unroll 
the contents.  It's pretty easy to tell paper from plastic from mica.

Al

(Yes, the mica is not rolled.0

Al

On 1/8/2013 1:24 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Connor" <joeconnor53 at yahoo.com>
> To: <dhallam at knology.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 10:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Repair Advice
>
>
> Aren't there several different kinds of Micamold capacitors?
>
> The black lozenge-shaped ones in the BC-348s seem to always be shorted 
> or very leaky. On the other hand, I encountered square brown Micamolds 
> in a Hallicrafters R-45 and they were all good.
>
>
> Joe Connor
>
>     Micamold made both paper and mica caps.  Its the paper ones that 
> are trouble. I am not sure about the lozenge shaped ones. My AR-88 has 
> several gray or pink lozenge shaped caps which seem all to be good but 
> I don't know if they were made by Micamold.
>
>
> -- 
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
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