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1929 Philco Model 86 Restore on Youtube
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Jerry,

I remember, you posted the photos in my thread.

As for the ecaps, when used in large pserul radios, one needs really to pay attention to the ripple ratings. I is not a cap's fault it is used under conditios outside the specifications.
And, unfortunately, ecaps of small capcitance also have small rippe current rating, a 20uF cap going possibly to 200-300 mA, which means that one needs to patallel-serialize them to meet the requirements. Good rule of thumb is, need an amp, rate an amp (very conservative folks go 5-fold). For continuous operation in enclosed space I would also rate at least 2-3 times the load.

But those caps sold by hobbyists websites are GP caps, not even high-ripple which you need several.

Yes a film cap is better, though I could never find their ripple specs.


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1929 Philco Model 86 Restore on Youtube - by Buzz - 08-07-2014, 09:05 PM
RE: 1929 Philco Model 86 Restore on Youtube - by morzh - 09-15-2014, 04:20 PM



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