07-23-2020, 05:18 PM
July 22, 2020
Thank you all for the advice. I decided to tackle the “canned” electrolytic Philco “condensers” first before anything else. I used the 1939 Philco catalog to get cross references.
Part #57 Philco 30-2024 8 mF 450V
Part #59,#59A Philco 30-2163 10&20 mF 450V
Part #24 Philco 30-2118 (substitute 30-2194) 16 mF 475V
I have since ordered and received from the Tube Depot :
Solen “fast “ 8.2 mF/630V for 30-2024
Solen “fast “ 10 mF/630V for 30-2163
Solen “fast “ 15 mF/630V for 30-2118
Solen “fast “ 22 mF/630V for 30-2163
I have successfully opened the 30-2024 but have not prepared it for re-stuffing yet. I marked it up ½ inch from the bottom and used a hose clamp cinched around it to act as a saw blade guide. The 8 mF Solen will fit in it.
The 30-2163 dual capacitor can I have not opened yet but I did, thru measuring, find that the diameter of the Solen 22mF is too large to go into the can. I was using the film Solen because I wanted to avoid mistakes in polarity but I now realize that I will have to go with an electrolytic rather than film in order to fit. Can anyone suggest a good brand capacitor that will fit?
The smaller non power supply capacitors I was thinking of using “orange drops” but I see that they are available in only radial, and not axial. Would that be an issue?
As for the x/y capacitors, is there any suggestion as to whether I should use an X, Y, or an X/Y? It is hard to tell from the schematic but I believe that the Philco part # 65 (3793-DG) (.014 mF double Bakelite ) would have a “line to ground “ , the ground being to the chassis and negative. Is that a correct assumption?
Thanks for your help on this
Gary
Thank you all for the advice. I decided to tackle the “canned” electrolytic Philco “condensers” first before anything else. I used the 1939 Philco catalog to get cross references.
Part #57 Philco 30-2024 8 mF 450V
Part #59,#59A Philco 30-2163 10&20 mF 450V
Part #24 Philco 30-2118 (substitute 30-2194) 16 mF 475V
I have since ordered and received from the Tube Depot :
Solen “fast “ 8.2 mF/630V for 30-2024
Solen “fast “ 10 mF/630V for 30-2163
Solen “fast “ 15 mF/630V for 30-2118
Solen “fast “ 22 mF/630V for 30-2163
I have successfully opened the 30-2024 but have not prepared it for re-stuffing yet. I marked it up ½ inch from the bottom and used a hose clamp cinched around it to act as a saw blade guide. The 8 mF Solen will fit in it.
The 30-2163 dual capacitor can I have not opened yet but I did, thru measuring, find that the diameter of the Solen 22mF is too large to go into the can. I was using the film Solen because I wanted to avoid mistakes in polarity but I now realize that I will have to go with an electrolytic rather than film in order to fit. Can anyone suggest a good brand capacitor that will fit?
The smaller non power supply capacitors I was thinking of using “orange drops” but I see that they are available in only radial, and not axial. Would that be an issue?
As for the x/y capacitors, is there any suggestion as to whether I should use an X, Y, or an X/Y? It is hard to tell from the schematic but I believe that the Philco part # 65 (3793-DG) (.014 mF double Bakelite ) would have a “line to ground “ , the ground being to the chassis and negative. Is that a correct assumption?
Thanks for your help on this
Gary
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