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Originally Posted by ppppenguin
630V should be OK for the boost capacitor. Mainly because modern parts are quite a bit more reliable. Those big mixed dielectric parts were pretty good for their time and widely used as replacements (Radiospares was a big supplier, theirs had a grey case) but I'm not sure I'd like to trust them now.
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I remember changing lots of 0.47uf mixed dielectric caps on CVC5 -8 series sets. Those boost caps were rated at 1000 volts, and still managed to go short circuit!
As Jeffry suggests, be a little wary of their reliability now.
Good luck, Chris, you are doing well so far.
Cheers. SimonT.