[Hallicrafters] capacitors

[John N. Schwartzberg]

With all due respect, Duane, I doubt Jerry will find the answer to that 
question in the kind of references you suggested.  Those are slang terms, 
or terms of custom (if you prefer), that those of us who have played at 
restoring vintage gear have come to understand only through experience.  I 
don't recall any Cornell-Dubilier capacitor ads containing the words "black 
beauty," and the 1953 ARRL Handbook I keep here on my desk at work doesn't 
reference "bumblees" or "tiny chiefs" at all.

For someone new to this aspect of the hobby, that was a fair question.  I'm 
sure that we all throw around some terminology that may not be intuitively 
obvious to all people, even those knowledgeable in the principles of 
electronics, and we don't even think twice about it until someone asks.  I 
suspect that Jerry might well understand what a capacitor is and what it 
does now that its been explained that black beauties, tiny chiefs, and 
bumblebees are paper caps that go bad over time.

So, let's all grab a cool 807 and warm the 813's.......  whatever that means!

73,

John
N0GII



At 11:00 AM 1/21/2004 -0500, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>As I recall, Black Beauty was a horse in a book I read fifty years ago, still
>available in the library. Now 'tiny chiefs', are a rare genetic strain of 
>Plains
>Indians that somehow got mixed in with the miniature horses from Europe and
>became dwarf size in stature, but tough as saddle leather in constitution. 
>Last
>known survivors were in an old Lone Ranger episode where Tonto got an ear lobe
>chopped off by one! As for bumble bees, you will know them when they find 
>you!
>
>Jerry, you would do well to get some books and do some reading. No offense
>intended, but before you try to restore circuits you need to understand 
>what the
>components are and how they work. There are many good beginner books on basic
>electronics available. Unless you learn about the basics, your questions will
>never end. Which can be frustrating when you are trying to replace 
>resistors and
>do not know what the color code means, how Ohm's Law works, how to read a
>schematic with symbols and so forth. There is nothing wrong with asking a
>question, but some good fundamental knowledge will enable you to know many
>things in the future and minimize the need to ask and facilitate your 
>ability to
>effect repairs.
>
>There are many terms, but a basic understanding will go a long way in helping
>you learn both termonology and circuit operation. Without it, it can be very
>confusing Jerry. Good luck.
>
>
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>From: Jerry Watkins <jw at wk.net>
>To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Hallicrafters] capacitors
>Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:04 AM
>
>can someone tell me the difference between black beauties and tiny chiefs?and
>what about bumblebees?  thanks...jerry watkins  n4tbu
>
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