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Old 5th Nov 2017, 5:05 pm   #18
Vintage Engr
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Default Re: Never assume anything!

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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki View Post
Was it one of those small axial capacitors with the clear plastic outer through which you can see the wound-up foils inside? Usually just marked with a 'short-form' value/voltage-rating code and no manufacturer's name?

I don't know who actually makes them but I wish they'd stop: I've had plenty of these fail in recent years. Some are useless-from-new: I had a bandolier of 330pF ones where both the wires were connected to the same foil !
They may well have been some early Suflex ones, they were terrible for going/already -from-new, being s/c!
I have hundreds here, I always check them before I fit them.

David.
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