02-08-2020, 09:23 AM
(02-08-2020, 08:17 AM)Mike Watterson Wrote: The bright yellow sleeved 100uF Plessey capacitor was bad. I often find the two part plastic low voltage caps are dried out. The low voltage cap I've most often replaced is on the FM detector, which are not all discriminators, but almost always are + to chassis.
Along with many other low voltage electrolytics, these are replace on sight. Big HT cans seem to survive better, possibly because they have more space for electrolyte and don't dry out so readily. The only small electrolytics I know with a reasonable survival rate are the blue Mullard ones.
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