Germans get 'em too! - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Studio263 · 21st Mar 2010, 10:16 am

I recently removed these from a 60s German music centre, they are branded "ROE" but are clearly a copy of the much loved Hunts Mouldseal, even down to the curious 160V DC rating.

References have been made on this forum (possibly by me) to the brown Wima capacitors found in Grundig tape recorders as being the "German Hunts", it turns now out they have the real thing!

And yes, they were useless...

Lucien Nunes · 22nd Mar 2010, 11:21 pm

I've always had a suspicion of a tie-up somewhere between Hunts and Ernst Roederstein. Perhaps it was seeing one of these in the past. I have some larger (0.47/400 IIRC) ERO caps that have characteristic splitting cases (see pic) although I don't remember Hunts making Moldseals this size. However I also have a chassis with 48 of exactly the same type of cap, dating from the same year as the splitting ones, all of which look and test like new.

Roederstein don't seem to be as universally hopeless as Hunts although I have changed plenty, their electrolytics seeming to be regular offenders. I'm referring of course only to vintage examples here, as the brand is still going within Vishay. BTW does anybody know why some of their caps were branded ROE and others ERO?

Lucien

JimMac53 · 23rd Mar 2010, 12:58 pm

Couple of months ago, I saw that someone was selling "Vintage Hunts Capacitors" on ebay, surely a testament that people will sell anything. I don't know if anyone bought them.

21st Mar 2010, 10:16 am	#1
Studio263 Octode Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hampshire, UK. Posts: 1,578	Germans get 'em too! I recently removed these from a 60s German music centre, they are branded "ROE" but are clearly a copy of the much loved Hunts Mouldseal, even down to the curious 160V DC rating. References have been made on this forum (possibly by me) to the brown Wima capacitors found in Grundig tape recorders as being the "German Hunts", it turns now out they have the real thing! And yes, they were useless... Attached Thumbnails

22nd Mar 2010, 11:21 pm	#2
Lucien Nunes Rest in Peace Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London, UK. Posts: 2,508	Re: Germans get 'em too! I've always had a suspicion of a tie-up somewhere between Hunts and Ernst Roederstein. Perhaps it was seeing one of these in the past. I have some larger (0.47/400 IIRC) ERO caps that have characteristic splitting cases (see pic) although I don't remember Hunts making Moldseals this size. However I also have a chassis with 48 of exactly the same type of cap, dating from the same year as the splitting ones, all of which look and test like new. Roederstein don't seem to be as universally hopeless as Hunts although I have changed plenty, their electrolytics seeming to be regular offenders. I'm referring of course only to vintage examples here, as the brand is still going within Vishay. BTW does anybody know why some of their caps were branded ROE and others ERO? Lucien Attached Thumbnails

23rd Mar 2010, 12:58 pm	#3
JimMac53 Hexode Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Naples, Florida, USA Posts: 255	Re: Germans get 'em too! Couple of months ago, I saw that someone was selling "Vintage Hunts Capacitors" on ebay, surely a testament that people will sell anything. I don't know if anyone bought them. __________________ Jim Mac