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Old 11-09-2019, 08:43 PM
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While im inside this radio, is there a good sub for a .25MFD cap?
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Old 11-09-2019, 09:00 PM
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.25 costs a bit more than the .22 And...that may not matter if its a bypass cap and not in an RC network
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A new .25MFD cap
If you have a .22 and .03 you can wire them in parallel. Some restorers get pissy when they see it but it works fine.
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If you have a .22 and .03 you can wire them in parallel. Some restorers get pissy when they see it but it works fine.
Some restorers wouldn't like me at all. I never re-stuff capacitors, except Bakelite blocks. My CTC21 still has the original multisection electrolytics attached to the chassis, but the leads are cut off and the new discrete electrolytics are under the chassis

And I woulda just used a .22 or .27uf cap, it's probably just used for a tone control/bypass/coupling anyways. Only the silver mica picofarad capacitors in the tuning/IF circuit have to be exact.
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Some restorers wouldn't like me at all. I never re-stuff capacitors, except Bakelite blocks. My CTC21 still has the original multisection electrolytics attached to the chassis, but the leads are cut off and the new discrete electrolytics are under the chassis

And I woulda just used a .22 or .27uf cap, it's probably just used for a tone control/bypass/coupling anyways. Only the silver mica picofarad capacitors in the tuning/IF circuit have to be exact.
How perfect the recap job needs to be for a restoration depends on how desirable/important the set. My best stuff I restuff with quality new parts, worthless trash I want to play with gets used caps pulled from junked BPC sets lazily tacked in...and there's plenty of shades in-between.
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