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Old 24th Mar 2020, 9:00 pm   #12
dazzlevision
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Default Re: Ekco U353 Restoration

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Originally Posted by lesparapluies View Post
Also, there is one capacitor which comes off the centre pin of the volume pot, and which seems to be a screened capacitor, i.e. it has the normal 2 leads plus a 3rd which is connected to chassis. In my 50 years or so of tinkering with electronics I've never seen one before, nor can I find any reference to them on the internet...any comments? Many thanks, MD
The metal case of this capacitor is screened (and connected to chassis) in order to reduce hum pickup, which is a common problem on ac/dc sets, particularly in this high impedance part of the audio circuit, with low levels of audio signals.

The square beige colour capacitors are ceramic dielectric and unlikely to be faulty.

The oblong wax dipped ones will be silvered mica dielectric and unlikely to be faulty.
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