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I am repairing a Philco 48-200 but I think this is a more generic question.
I have a multi-section capacitor (30uF, 25uF, 20uF), 150v. I am trying to find a replacement and am assuming just buy the three separate caps. I am finding EACH to be @$8. Seems expensive, @$25 to replace this one multi-section.
For example, this for the 30uF :
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Vis...ZcaA%3D%3D
Am I missing something or is this just the typical cost??
Thanks,
Paul
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Because you are shopping the axials.
Look for radials.
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Many thanks, managed to get all three for @$4.
A 'beginner' issue I know but mouser.com is like letting a 5 year old kid into a 100 sq/ft candy warehouse. Hard to know what to select?!
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Ali Express may help you for only $3.56
160v 47uf
If you want to work, lie down and sleep, and everything will pass.
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Ali Express will sell you an elephant for $1. Of course that might turn out to be an inflatable elephant made with toilet paoer...
When buying caps, it pays to buy decent brands, and for the rectifier filter, especially the the first one after the rectifier, it pays to buy the best with high ripple/low ESR ratings. Like Panasonic.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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From Russian jokes:
Two ``new Russians`` meet. One to the other:
- Look, I bought a tie! I paid two hundred bucks!
- You're a fool - there are the same ones around the corner for fifteen hundred!
If you want to work, lie down and sleep, and everything will pass.
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