[GreenKeys] Technology & Capacitor Size

[Paul Pennington]

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>
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
> NNNN
> ZCZC
>
>
> --
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