[Milsurplus] BC-314-D Capacitors

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Joe,

The triple rectangular canned capacitors are 0.05uf, not 0.1.  Use 0.047's. 
 And there are five of them, not three.  If most of the ones in the three 
units across the rear are leaky, odds are high that the other two are, as 
well.  The best solution is to remove the five cans and rebuild them.  The 
second best is to remove the five cans and replace with terminal boards whose 
mounting holes more or less match those of the original cans.  If you want 
suggestions on how to rebuild the cans, let me know.  The yellow axial lead 
metalized polyester caps that Fair sells work well (available many places I'm 
sure, but the form factor works pretty well in a number of sets so I bought 
an assortment a while back).

In a message dated 10/06/2011 10:34:25 AM Central Daylight Time, 
joeconnor53 at yahoo.com writes: 
> I'm fixing up a BC-314-D. What are the options for replacing the 
> capacitors in the three containers on the rear of the RF deck. Each container 
> contains three 0.1 caps. Some of these caps are leaky so I can't just leave them 
> be.
> > 
> >It looks like a tight squeeze to fit caps under the deck. I use the 
> smaller yellow caps and it looks to be a little too tight. Orange drops would be 
> impossible. Maybe radials? Another option would be simply to remove each 
> of the three containers and wire the caps in from the top but that wouldn't 
> look very good.
> > 
> >Any suggestions?
> > 
> >As always, thanks for the help.
> > 
> > 
> >                                  Joe Connor

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