[Hallicrafters] Replacing Caps (SlightValue Differences)

[Al Parker]

Hi Bill,
    You'd be wasting good caps & your time in most instances.  If it's a
bypass situation, .01's would probably do the job just fine;  e.g. the
Hammarlund SP-600's:  at first they used both .01's & .022's in different
areas as bypasses (about 55 of them), I'm not sure of the reasoning for
the difference, but later on the manuals stated that when replacing them
(they had become aware of the black beauty problems I think), to just use
.01's in all locations.
    If it's a coupling or frequency determining capacitor the value will
become more important.  For coupling 10% change shouldn't matter, for
frequency, 1% could.
73,
Al, W8UT
New Bern, NC
BoatAnchors appreciated here
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Gerhold" <k2wh at optonline.net>
To: <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 8:18 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Replacing Caps (SlightValue Differences)


> In the process of recapping the SX-17.  So far replaced (10) wax caps.
This
> receiver has some oddball values such as .25 which I cannot find easily.
> Since these .25uf caps are for the most part playing bypass, would a .22
> work or do you think I'm asking for trouble.  I have loads of .22uf caps
I
> would like to use.  I can make the .25's by paralleling (1) .22 and (2)
> .01's or would I be wasting good caps.
>
> K2WH
>
>
>
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