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06-22-2019, 11:21 PM
Adam, you should get the film capacitors with capacitance (uF) values close to the values that are in the radio or on the schematic. Modern capacitors do not come in some of the odd values that used to be used but you can usually get something close. Close is usually good enough.
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Film capacitors - by Arohn19 - 06-22-2019, 07:59 PM
RE: Film capacitors - by Steve Davis - 06-22-2019, 08:48 PM
RE: Film capacitors - by Arohn19 - 06-22-2019, 08:59 PM
RE: Film capacitors - by Arohn19 - 06-22-2019, 10:21 PM
RE: Film capacitors - by klondike98 - 06-22-2019, 11:21 PM
RE: Film capacitors - by Steve Davis - 06-23-2019, 08:26 AM
RE: Film capacitors - by Arohn19 - 06-23-2019, 09:12 AM
RE: Film capacitors - by Arohn19 - 06-23-2019, 09:17 AM
RE: Film capacitors - by Arohn19 - 06-23-2019, 09:18 AM
RE: Film capacitors - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2019, 10:23 AM
RE: Film capacitors - by morzh - 06-23-2019, 11:01 AM
RE: Film capacitors - by Arohn19 - 06-23-2019, 03:45 PM



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