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Here's a dry run of the new copper caps. They sure are pretty 
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I'm thinking of using some poly film caps in parallel to make a 6.6uF @ 630 volt cap. They should last many years.
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I'm finally taking some time to checkout the shadow meter. I've been dreading finding an open coil.
Well, it's not open, but it measures 5.7K. That's a lot higher than the 1.1K indicated as the correct resistance in this thread recently.
Perhaps this is an older style meter with a higher resistance ?
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(This post was last modified: 06-10-2012, 03:33 AM by Bob Andersen.)
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RE: Philco 15DX restoration - by Bob Andersen - 06-10-2012, 03:32 AM
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