[Milsurplus] Capacitor Question

[J Forster]

I'd agree on the micas. IMO, it's always worth a warm bake (maybe 100 F) in a
dry environment for a week or more to dry things out before condemning the caps.

Best,
-John



Al Klase wrote:

> Carole White-Connor wrote:
> > I'm working on a very nice RBB-2 and have a question. The set contains
> > numerous postage-stamp caps with the Solar brand name. The parts list says
> > they are mica even though some are as high as .01 mfd (10,000 mmfd).
> Are they really mica?  - Probably not.  Break one open, and look.
>
> Are they reliable?  - Papers are probably NG.  Micas are possibly
> tolerable.  I probably wouldn't resort to wholesale replacement of micas
> unless I started finding leaky ones.
>
> Regards,
> Al
>
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