[Hallicrafters] Recapping Hallicrafters

[Mike Everette]

--- "Clayton L. Nicolsen" <cnicolsen at msn.com> wrote:

> "One mistake some make is replacing electrolytic
> caps with one of a higher
> voltage, this will accelerate the aging of the cap.
> 
REST ASSURED!  THIS IS PURE BOVINE
BYPRODUCTS!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like something dreamed up by some propellerhead
whizbang, raised on a diet of germanium and silicon
(especially when made into computers)....

There is NO danger of jeopardizing a cap by using it
at less than rated working voltage.

On the other hand, if one subjects some capacitors,
especially electrolytics, to ABOVE rated voltage, the
effect can and often does resemble Mount St. Helens. 
I once saw a can-type filter cap in a tube-type mobile
radio explode, and throw its guts 10 feet straight up
to stick on the ceiling of the shop (it was in an old
garage service bay).  It was LOUD, too.  

And that is the absolute truth.

73

Mike
WA4DLF

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