[Boatanchors] ILLINOIS Electrolytic Capacitors

[Rob Atkinson]

However, NEW or recent IC caps are excellent from my experience.  I
used to buy surplus DuKane power supply boards for $2 each at a local
surplus store; each board had 5 IC 330 mfd 450 v. caps on it, some
higher capacitance.  They are 85C but a friend used around 30 of the
1500 mfd 250 v. IC caps in a 4-1000 6KV power supply and they have
been working FB for several years now.  I pulled them off boards with
a solder sucker during QSOs back when I had time for QSOs.  purchased
new,  they're kind of pricey.

Rob
K5UJ

On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 4:43 PM David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> Woo Hoo this puts me a quarter of the way through
> the 100+ emails I need to answer. :-D ;-D
>
>
>
> If any of you have a project with these 1960s
> ILLINOIS electrolytic caps, save yourself
> some time; just go ahead and replace them all.
> I've had two projects full of them and
> every one had dried out and gone open.
> Haven't found any shorted.
>
> GL OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S