[R-390] Black beauties

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

I think that the black beauty caps are all bad by definition. Check some of 
you NOS pieces on a good capacitance meter and report back on the leakage 
at rated voltage and the capacitance. It would be good to know.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

At 09:12 PM 3/16/03 -0700, Kenneth Crips wrote:
>I have a question about the so called black beauty, red stripes, etc.
>As I understand it these where made by Sprague. I have a bunch of these
>capacitors that are brand new unused.  Do these things deteriorate while
>in use over time, or by age regardless.  I would love to use them but
>if they are always bad I suppose it's a waste of time.
>
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>Kenneth A. Crips W7ITC, Cheyenne, Wyoming
>Home of Chew Crew II, The Beezie the Beez-Bomb,
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>
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