[Milsurplus] BC-314-D Capacitors

[Richard Solomon]

Is there any reason why Disc Ceramics would not work as well ??

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:52 AM, <WA5CAB at cs.com> wrote:

> 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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