02-23-2026, 07:54 PM
I have only been tinkering around with learning tube radios for a year now. I do have my first radio up and running but now I am working on another one. I found what I believe is a bad mica capacitor. I am not a book smart kind of person, I learn by doing. The schematics are still very difficult for me to follow so I am having trouble figuring out what are the values. On a webpage I found where one can enter the colors and it will tell you what the value is. Mine has 4 dots that I can see but the only selections was 3, 4 or 6 dots. I entered the 3 that are in a row and it came back as 50,000pF. Can someone help me and maybe explain how to id this? I have been purchasing my parts from Tony's but where can I get these and what do I need?
Larry
Elsberry, MO
Philco 46-1213
Zenith 12S568E
Silvertone Model 7134
Silvertone Model 7054
True Tone Model 1135




