10-28-2013, 11:33 PM
I recently picked up a Philco 41-296, beautiful unit, but needs a lot of love. I am self taught at this and the vast majority of restorations I have done are on British Guitar Amplifiers, so I am not quit up to speed. My question is about the filter capacitors, there are two a 128uf @ 400VDC and a dual can 8 uf & 16 uf @ 400VDC. Can these capacitors be replaced with modern electrolytic? If so will it matter if they are polarized or not. Second question concersn the res of the Philco labeled Capacitors inside. I was told it is a good idea to replace all of these, however, I have tested about half so far and all are with in tolerance on my meter. Is it necessary to replace these?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Thanks in advance for any help.