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Sideband · 22nd May 2020, 10:20 pm

Looks far too big to be 820pF. If it was that value I'd expect it to be a ceramic or mica. That is an ordinary paper capacitor dipped in pitch. Have you any means of measuring it? What Philips set is it out of and what part of the circuit did you remove it from?

What are it's physical dimensions? It could be 8,200pF, 82,000 pF (.082uF) or even 820.000pF (0.82uF) but it's probably too small for the last suggestion.

22nd May 2020, 10:20 pm	#2
Sideband Dekatron Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Croydon, Surrey, UK. Posts: 7,567	Re: Which cap Looks far too big to be 820pF. If it was that value I'd expect it to be a ceramic or mica. That is an ordinary paper capacitor dipped in pitch. Have you any means of measuring it? What Philips set is it out of and what part of the circuit did you remove it from? What are it's physical dimensions? It could be 8,200pF, 82,000 pF (.082uF) or even 820.000pF (0.82uF) but it's probably too small for the last suggestion. __________________ There are lots of brilliant keyboard players and then there is Rick Wakeman.....