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Film caps in place of electrolytics.
jake wells
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05-30-2019, 02:54 AM
Been reading on some restore threads where the electrolytic can is being restuffed with a solen fast cap? Are they electrolytic or plain film?
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05-30-2019, 03:31 AM
They are film caps.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
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figure out what all those squiggly meant.
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05-30-2019, 05:09 AM
So what is the deal of using them over traditional electrolytics?
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05-30-2019, 08:47 AM
The electrolytic capacitor is officially a limited lifetime part.
The film capacitor is unlimited lifetime part. Also self-healing. Also has much better ripple/ESR characteristics.
So where it fits (they are large: the electrolytic claim to fame is large capacitance density) it is a good idea to put it in instead.
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05-30-2019, 11:30 AM
On my 16X, I had to put something where the Mershon electrolytics would have been. Two film type metal cased motor caps were fixed using a home made strap in a configuration close to the original, with paper insulation around the cans.

I have since obtained a set of original caps which could be restuffed and fitted to the chassis. I may get to this, but am happy with the look, performance and hopefully long life of the film caps
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