The PHILCO Phorum

Full Version: Philco 38-690 electrolytic capacitors--UPDATE
You're currently viewing a stripped down version of our content. View the full version with proper formatting.
Pages: 1 2 3
[quote pid='60118' dateline='1392944190']
Most of those caps are rated at 475V. My 38-690 has all the original caps and I don't recall any marked 450. A few are marked 500; I will go into the basement later and get the specs for each.
[/quote]
(02-20-2014, 07:56 PM)retiredinprescott Wrote: [ -> ]I recently obtained a 38-690.  Something must have happened during shipment (it was well packed) because the set is now "non playing" with only a low hum coming from the main speaker.  Set was playing before it was shipped I was told.

I'm starting with the power supply and will rebuild that and check it with audio input.

A number of electrolytic caps have been replaced at some point with large 600V units (not checked yet).   I have the original Philco parts numbers for the caps that should be there  but I can't find a cross reference to the working voltage of the original caps.   Would they have been higher than 450V??   Parts numbers are as follows:
30-2200 (18uF)
30-2025  (three of these 8uF)
30-2249 (multi section)
30-2201 (8uF, 10 uF)

The Philco parts list and schematic shows the capacitance values but no voltage values.
This is going to be a long slog.  The power supply doesn't look too bad but that chassis is really intimidating..

Thanks,   Mark
Here are the part numbers, uf value and voltage ratings for the electrolytics on my 38-690 (Code 125).

Part 110: 2uf 450v; 2uf 450v, 1uf 450v, 10uf 50v, 2uf 300v.
Part 164: 3uf 475v; 2uf 300v; 8uf 475v.
Part 169: 8uf 475v; 10uf 50v
Part 170: 8uf 475v
Part 173: 18uf 500v
Part 176: 8uf 475v
Part 177: 8uf 500v
Pages: 1 2 3