[sdiy] multi legged electro caps?

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Tuesday 01 May 2007 15:00, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
> Yes, this is several caps in one can. There may or may not be common
> internal connections, often the negative terminals of the internal caps
> share a common terminal.

I've never seen them done any other way,  and I've seen a *lot* of these over 
the years.  Occasionally there were some with cardboard covering the can and 
the mounting plate being bakelite rather than metal for some odd applications 
like a negative supply or something that was hot to chassis.

> The ones I used were usually about an inch or so in diameter and 2 to 3 or
> so inches long.

A bit bigger around was more typical for 4-section units,  and I've got some 
that are six inches long.

> Often there were a letter marks on the plastic disk at the bottom, the
> letters were also stamped into the case as a legend to relate the MFDs that
> corresponded to each internal cap. 

Letters?  I've never seen that,  though I have seen a small square,  
half-circle,  or triangular cutout in the bakelite with corresponding 
markings stamped into the can.  You need some way to identify which section 
is which!

> I'm sure you know you could DIY manufacture a suitable set of caps out of
> modern parts as long as you respect the voltage and uF values.

Probably the only thing you can do these days,  I don't think those are 
available any more,  unless it's NOS that somebody has (like I have).  I 
should probably list those one of these days,  I guess.

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