[Milsurplus] Fwd: Advice on which caps to keep ( even longer )

[Al Klase]

When in doubt, break one open, and take a look.

Al - N3FRQ

On 8/30/2023 12:41 AM, hwhall at aol.com wrote:
> The only way to be sure is measure leakage.  Time consuming.  An 
> initial sorting with a fair degree of confidence might rely on cap 
> value (as noted previously), & physical size vs voltage rating (paper 
> caps tend to be larger for high voltages).  But still the gray-area 
> ones need testing to sort them.
>
> Once you've started testing, you probably find units of same maker & 
> shape/size that are all bad or all good & can sort those faster based 
> on experience.
>
> Is it worth your time?  If not, maybe it's worth it to someone else.
>
> Wayne
> WB4OGM
>
> On Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 10:33:03 PM MDT, Kenneth G. Gordon 
> <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 30 Aug 2023 at 1:53, hwhall at aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > "
> > Toss any which say "Micamold". They aren't mica: they are paper..."
> >
> > This is not 100% true. Micamold made real mica capacitors, too.
> >
> > Wayne
> > WB4OGM
>
> Yes. They did. But how are you going to sort them out? They look 
> almost identical. It seems
> to me to be huge waste of time.
>
>
> Ken W7EKB
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