[Hallicrafters] Silver mica measurements

[k6xyz]

Well....I dunno then...these caps were out of a 516F-2 and were at least 44
years old....the original caps with the Collins part #s.
Hmmmm....now that I think about it some more, the voltage rating of those
caps were probably outside the range of the meter which would probably slew
the readings.

Regards

Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.

-----Original Message-----
From: Al Parker [mailto:anchor at ec.rr.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:42 PM
To: k6xyz; 'Rob Copeland'; kd4e at verizon.net
Cc: Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Silver mica measurements

Hi Dave,
    I dunno about your meter, but mine sure can tell the difference.  It's
a Dick Smith, too.  Have used it often, for about 4 yrs.
73,
Al
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k6xyz" <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Al Parker'" <anchor at ec.rr.com>; "'Rob Copeland'" <rob at v6spider.com>;
<kd4e at verizon.net>
Cc: <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 8:31 PM
Subject: RE: [Hallicrafters] Silver mica measurements


> Hi Al.....I have one of those 'Dick Smith' kit ESR meters I built and I
have
> tested many large caps that were leaking that stinking bug
juice......the
> caps had the pop tops blown out.....I know they were bad...real bad.
> I used that ESR thingie to compare with new caps the same printed value
and
> there was darn little difference.....so just change all the caps and
don't
> bother testing them.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Harmon
> NSRCA 586
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>