[R-390] The saga cont pt 7

[Cecil Acuff]

I think I'll do my next rebuild with ceramic disks.  We don't hesitate to 
put them in everywhere in our SP-600's that the designers used paper caps 
for bypass...

It will be easier to put them in some of those tight spots that one has to 
stuff an orange drop.  They are excellent caps though...

Cecil
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Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] The saga cont pt 7


> Tom wrote:
>
>>Why the insistence on Orange Drop type caps when the original layout
>>was built to use axial caps?
>
> Axial film-and-foils are very hard to find, apart from very expensive
> specialty caps.  Almost all run-of-the-mill axials are metallized
> film -- you would be better off leaving the paper caps in it.
>
>>Besides, Sprague doesn't make them any more...
>
> Sure they do.  Sprague was acquired by Vishay (one of the most
> respected names in electronic components), so they are now sometimes
> called Vishay or Vishay-Sprague.
>
> But why use film caps for bypass applications, anyway?  Disk ceramics
> are superior in every way.  You only need film caps for audio and IF
> coupling, audio filtering, and the AGC filters.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Don
>
>
>
>
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