[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] Request for Most Common Capacitor Values to be Reproduced

[bavarianradio at comcast.net]

Hi Todd, I use a lot of .001,.0022.022 and .047 caps as well as the ones you suggested.Sounds like a good idea!! 73's Ross
----- "KA1KAQ Todd" <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the multiple list posting, but time is short and max input
> is desired.
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> Got a call from a friend this afternoon who is talking with a
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> capacitor manufacturer about producing some caps for the radio, guitar
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> amp, and audio crowd. We've talked about this in the past but never
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> got to it. Now it looks like it will happen.
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> The question is, what values would be the most handy to have supplied
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> into the future for restoring old gear? Obviously we can't do a lot of
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> oddball values as we're mainly looking for values that will sell well
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> and be attractive from a production prospective. The few that popped
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> to mind for me were:
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>  .1, .01, and .47 mfd at both 400 and 600 vdc. I also specified axial
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> lead instead of the radial leads found on Orange drops since axial
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> leads are better suited to our needs. I'm looking for other values
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> that are likely to be encountered often enough to warrant production.
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> Maybe 6-12 different values to choose from. These would be caps used
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> for bypassing and such, not filtering. I suspect we could get them
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> 'banded' for the foil side as well if folks feel that is important
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> enough.
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> The meeting is set for tomorrow, so timely input is critical. We're
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> *not* looking for a list of manufacturers who already make caps as we
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> believe more is better in this case. Some values are already getting
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> difficult to find.
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> TNX -
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> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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