That's what I did with the pile of NOS caps I have.  Sorted them into matched groups & sacrificed one of each group to verify construction.
Wayne
WB4OGM

On Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 07:37:00 AM MDT, Al Klase <[email protected]> wrote:


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

Al - N3FRQ

On 8/30/2023 12:41 AM, [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> wrote:


On 30 Aug 2023 at 1:53, [email protected] 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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