"
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

On Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 07:39:51 PM MDT, Kenneth G. Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:


On 29 Aug 2023 at 19:51, Hubert Miller wrote:

> Also i have a box of maybe 1000 more or less of "postage stamp" type
> caps. First level sorting, which makes and marks are bad news and can
> be tossed without second thoughts ? thanks- -Hue Miller

Toss any which say "Micamold". They aren't mica: they are paper and every one I have
tested was leaky, some very badly leaky, and some even dead-shorted.

If you really want to test your caps, I can send you my other rebuilt Heathkit C-3. I have two.

I recently rebuilt a couple of National NC-57s, which were full of those Micamolds. There
wasn't one single one of them which was worth keeping.

Ken W7EKB

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