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TA Forbes
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04-27-2014, 09:01 AM

Those are "audio quality" oil-filled caps. Yes, they are expensive.

You mainly see them in audio-phile gear or test equipment.

Some high-end radios also used them. My Scott 800B has them. I tested several and they were all right on, so I left them alone.

I have a box full of them I got from my friend and mentor Bob Timms. Many are appropriate values for my Scott, I am saving them for my Great-Grand Children to have in case one of the ones in my Scott eventually fail.

In fact, I believe that when the atomic apocalypse comes, the only things left will be cockroaches and oil-filled caps.

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bathtube cap - by jstaf40 - 04-26-2014, 03:49 PM

RE: bathtube cap - by morzh - 04-26-2014, 04:31 PM

RE: bathtube cap - by jerryhawthorne - 04-26-2014, 06:47 PM

RE: bathtube cap - by morzh - 04-26-2014, 07:27 PM

RE: bathtube cap - by jerryhawthorne - 04-26-2014, 07:38 PM

RE: bathtube cap - by Jamie - 04-27-2014, 06:46 AM

RE: bathtube cap - by TA Forbes - 04-27-2014, 09:01 AM

RE: bathtube cap - by Jamie - 04-27-2014, 09:15 AM

RE: bathtube cap - by morzh - 04-27-2014, 10:27 AM

RE: bathtube cap - by TA Forbes - 04-27-2014, 02:35 PM

RE: bathtube cap - by morzh - 04-27-2014, 04:15 PM

RE: bathtube cap - by codefox1 - 04-29-2014, 01:12 AM

RE: bathtube cap - by morzh - 04-29-2014, 10:15 AM

RE: bathtube cap - by Jamie - 04-29-2014, 03:00 PM

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