04-25-2020, 12:48 PM
Greetings!
I downloaded a schematic from Riders that did not indicate electrolytics in the capacitor can. I later found another schematic on the Phorum site that indicated that they were indeed electrolytics. What has me perplexed is that a famous you tuber (Buzz1151) did a extensive restoration on the Philco 86 and decided to use some monster 630V film capacitors and his radio worked fine! I want to do things properly, but am curious about the discrepancy of the two schematics. The capacitors in question are 2 and 4 uf and if i understand basic theory, generally any value of 1 or higher would be electrolytic. I am as adventurous as the next guy, and sparks and fire don't scare me, but I already have a push pull xfmr with an open primary, so I do not want to destroy anything else. Any advice would be much appreciated.
George
I downloaded a schematic from Riders that did not indicate electrolytics in the capacitor can. I later found another schematic on the Phorum site that indicated that they were indeed electrolytics. What has me perplexed is that a famous you tuber (Buzz1151) did a extensive restoration on the Philco 86 and decided to use some monster 630V film capacitors and his radio worked fine! I want to do things properly, but am curious about the discrepancy of the two schematics. The capacitors in question are 2 and 4 uf and if i understand basic theory, generally any value of 1 or higher would be electrolytic. I am as adventurous as the next guy, and sparks and fire don't scare me, but I already have a push pull xfmr with an open primary, so I do not want to destroy anything else. Any advice would be much appreciated.
George
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