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Sideband · 12th Apr 2021, 8:39 pm

Standard components like resistors, capacitors (especially the old waxy ones), burned out transformers and the like are just binned....no point in keeping leaky old capacitors and faulty resistors etc. The exception is when I decide to re-stuff old capacitors in which case the original outer is retained and a new component put inside. Some very old valves have also been retained for historical interest....one such is a pre-war Philips PM24M balloon type which has been replaced with a post-war version. It is 87 years old so I decided to display it since it had survived and worked until just a year ago when one of the heater elements failed.

12th Apr 2021, 8:39 pm	#7
Sideband Dekatron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Croydon, Surrey, UK. Posts: 7,578	Re: One for old and not so old component collectors. Standard components like resistors, capacitors (especially the old waxy ones), burned out transformers and the like are just binned....no point in keeping leaky old capacitors and faulty resistors etc. The exception is when I decide to re-stuff old capacitors in which case the original outer is retained and a new component put inside. Some very old valves have also been retained for historical interest....one such is a pre-war Philips PM24M balloon type which has been replaced with a post-war version. It is 87 years old so I decided to display it since it had survived and worked until just a year ago when one of the heater elements failed. __________________ There are lots of brilliant keyboard players and then there is Rick Wakeman.....