06-03-2016, 12:24 PM
I use something like this:
http://uk.farnell.com/vishay-bc-componen...dp/1165423
They're not exactly inexpensive, but why worry - it's your time that costs. Hacker sets are worth the attention to detail. Seeing tiny modern radial caps in a Hacker or Roberts is one of my pet peeves.
Because of the improvements in design, capacitors have shrunk over the years. I normally buy caps with a larger operating voltage than is required to get a physically larger unit...
Sadly, Vishay have changed the design of the sleeve. The picture shows the classic Mullard-style translucent sleeve, but they have moved over to a royal blue solid sleeve. What you receive depends on what Farnell have in stock.
Having said all that, what have you already got in your sets? Certain caps are "change on sight" (e.g. blue "Daly" and red "Electromold types), whereas others are almost certainly OK, even after all this time. Especially the blue Philips/Mullard types - they lead an easy life in these set. The same capacitors in the broadcast picture monitors I used to repair didn't last as well, but that's down to the heat and ripple currents. Some people do "blanket" changes of caps, but on Sovereign IIs and later, that's rarely necessary.
http://uk.farnell.com/vishay-bc-componen...dp/1165423
They're not exactly inexpensive, but why worry - it's your time that costs. Hacker sets are worth the attention to detail. Seeing tiny modern radial caps in a Hacker or Roberts is one of my pet peeves.
Because of the improvements in design, capacitors have shrunk over the years. I normally buy caps with a larger operating voltage than is required to get a physically larger unit...
Sadly, Vishay have changed the design of the sleeve. The picture shows the classic Mullard-style translucent sleeve, but they have moved over to a royal blue solid sleeve. What you receive depends on what Farnell have in stock.
Having said all that, what have you already got in your sets? Certain caps are "change on sight" (e.g. blue "Daly" and red "Electromold types), whereas others are almost certainly OK, even after all this time. Especially the blue Philips/Mullard types - they lead an easy life in these set. The same capacitors in the broadcast picture monitors I used to repair didn't last as well, but that's down to the heat and ripple currents. Some people do "blanket" changes of caps, but on Sovereign IIs and later, that's rarely necessary.
