cap id question

Thu Jan 25 08:39:00 CET 2001

There are probably two sorts in use, electros and paper or 
some other outdated technology. As long as the voltages on 
the replacement caps are high enough, you should be fine. I 
generally use large "greencaps" - polyester film for the 
smaller values, and any modern electro for the larger ones.
See the following for an idea of what you are looking for.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/brianswireless/page13.html

Ken

>bear with me, i'm really new at this.  
>
>what i'm looking for is some sort of site or info to help 
me ID types of
>capacitors.  i've got a silvertone amp that's got to be 
from the thirties
>judging by the badging on it and the caps are literally 
dripping.  it's a
>really simple circuit so i figured it wouldn't be that hard 
to do a cap job
>on this thing.  i have no trouble reading the rating on it 
(they're huge and
>the lettering is black on light orange) but i'm unsure as 
to what *type* of
>caps i'm looking for here.  
>
>are there hard and fast rules for IDing cap types?  
>
>thanks for any help,
>alex
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or info to help me ID types of capacitors.  i've got a 
silvertone amp that's got to be from the thirties judging by 
the badging on it and the caps are literally dripping.  it's 
a really simple circuit so i figured it wouldn't be that 
hard to do a cap job on this thing.  i have no trouble 
reading the rating on it (they're huge and the lettering is 
black on light orange) but i'm unsure as to what *type* of 
caps i'm looking for here.  </FONT></P>
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><P><FONT SIZE=2>are there hard and fast rules for IDing cap 
types?  </FONT>
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><P><FONT SIZE=2>thanks for any help,</FONT>
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