[GreenKeys] Technology & Capacitor Size

[tony.podrasky]

Paul - are these "new, tiny ones" equal to the old big ones?



On 02/20/2016 07:49 PM, Paul Pennington wrote:
> Tony;
>
> A lot of old radio restorers cut off the bottom of the old capacitor and
> mount the new one inside.
>
> Paul Pennington
> Augusta, Georgia​
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 10:46 PM, tony.podrasky <tony.podrasky at gmail.com
> <mailto:tony.podrasky at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     GN OMS;
>
>     I picked-up an old ST-6.
>
>     The power supply board has a 120mfd @ 450v capacitor.
>
>     It is about 1 1/4" in diameter and about 3" long.
>
>     One of the spot-welded leads broke off.
>
>     I searched around on the internet and found a replacement on Mouser.
>
>     BUT here's the the thing: it's WAY SMALLER in size: 18mm x 31.5mm
>     as opposed to the bad one which is roughly 24mm x 75mm.
>
>     Has capacitor technology advanced that much - that the new one is
>     a replacement for the old one - or am I missing some parameter?
>
>     OH - and if someone has a 120mfd @ 450v capacitor they are
>     willing to part with, please let me know.
>
>     UE,
>     K2EAA - TONY
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>
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