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Default Removing Large Electrolytics

On 08/28/2018 01:47 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 04:03:23 -0700, tabbypurr wrote:

Sounds about par for the course. Go back further to paper caps and it'd
be a surprise to find any still working properly. And yes, micamold were
paper caps.


I've got a box full of the oil & paper caps that come in cubiod cans and
they all tested fine (I have an awful lot of vintage spares here). Not so
sure about the tubular paper caps which I assume you're talking about,
though.


Moisture + acid paper + foil = mess. That'll take a lot longer if the
cap has metal on five sides.

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Phil Hobbs


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