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Mica cap confusion
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02-11-2020, 10:10 AM
If it's in a Philco radio it could be some value other than stated above. Philco had their own colour code for the mica caps and there are charts in Ray Bintliff's capacitor book. According to his book this is a 250pf cap.

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Mica cap confusion - by Danny - 02-03-2020, 12:41 PM
RE: Mica cap confusion - by captainclock1988 - 02-11-2020, 02:56 AM
RE: Mica cap confusion - by mikethedruid - 02-11-2020, 03:27 AM
RE: Mica cap confusion - by gregb - 02-11-2020, 10:10 AM
RE: Mica cap confusion - by Danny - 02-12-2020, 01:00 PM



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