[R-390] Capacitor Chicanery

[Charles Steinmetz]

Perry wrote:

>Orange Drop is a registered trade mark of Sprague.

Actually, the "Orange Drop" trademark belongs to SBE, the 
manufacturer of Orange Drop capacitors:

<http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85216729&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=documentSearch>

>Now out of Canada caps called *Orange Dip* are being sold.With the 
>same color as the Sprague units and an almost identical name. Buyers 
>probablythink they are getting the original *Drop* at a very 
>favorable price.  I don't know if these caps are good, bad, 
>indifferent, or ofvarying quality from batch to batch.  My two 
>issues are that this is clearly a knockoff stealingthe name of a 
>good product.  This usuallymeans there is a quality problem. My 
>other issue is that the seller doesn'tmake this difference 
>known.  This isshame as people have spoken well of their products and business.

This has been discussed on the list several times, stretching back at 
least to 2008.  Unlike the Orange Drops we use (Types 225P, 715P, 
716P, and 418P), which feature film-and-foil construction, "Orange 
Dip" capacitors are constructed with metallized film (and, therefore, 
should not be used in tube radios, IMO).

Best regards,

Charles