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ceramic disc caps [message #25656] Thu, 17 February 2005 22:41 Go to next message
styles is currently offline  styles
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i have a couple of bad ceramic caps on an old tube magnavox radio these are on the pc board can i replace thme with silver mica or a poly propylene caps or do they have to be ceramic...thanks

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Re: ceramic disc caps [message #25657 is a reply to message #25656] Fri, 18 February 2005 02:03 Go to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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I don't recall ever seeing those old ceramics go bad. They have small capacitance values and you can replace them with anything as long as the capacitance and voltage values are right.

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