[Hallicrafters] BUDROC Capacitors

[Richard Knoppow]

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From: "Waldo Magnuson" <magnuson at mac.com>
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Cc: "Skip Magnuson" <magnuson at mac.com>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 5:33 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] BUDROC Capacitors


Hi,

Do White BUDROC (.01/400v) capacitors fall in the same 
category as Black Beauties - Replace Them ?
Thanks.

Skip W7WGM

    What equipment are these in?  I found one listing that 
states they are paper dielectric. Cornell-Dubilier is still 
in business but does not list any paper dielectric caps 
among their products.  Perhaps they can date the things.
    Black Beauty caps were made by Sangamo, a well respected 
company. Evidently the early ones had a production problem 
which caused wide spread early failures. They were very 
widely used in high quality equipment.  In some cases they 
are still good but all paper caps deteriorate with age so 
for the most part should be replaced.


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Richard Knoppow
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