29th Jun 2022, 11:40 pm
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Triode
Join Date: May 2022
Location: Hartlepool, County Durham, North East, UK.
Posts: 28
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Re: Repacking a capacitor can
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Originally Posted by G6fylneil
The capacitor in my 840c is dated 1966 and is doing just fine. I did reform it two years ago, as it had been out of use for sometime, but it probably wasn't necessary. Its capacitance and esr. tested ok. It has an easy life as the HT is only 120V, and there's a lot of resistance in series with the rectifier, which is slow to heat. I replaced all but two of the small resistors 30 years ago, as they'd gone high, but most of the capacitors are original.
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One on my 840 c is date 1963 feb.
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