[Boatanchors] Question for Capacitor Color Bands

[Skip Simmons]

Hello All-  The color codes for all kinds of obscure capacitors are  
always listed in vintage electronics books. Radio-TV repair manuals,  
ARRL books, and self-teaching electronics course from the fifties are  
common and very informative. I am sure that many of the oldtimers on  
this list have them available from time to time.

  Vintage guitar collectors have been known to pay dearly for the  
EXACT capacitor (usually .02-200v) that was used in a precious vintage  
guitar.

  "Bumblebee" is a newbie name for the common Sprague Black Beauty cap  
that used stripes instead of letters to denote the cap's specs.  They  
almost always leak DC and they are rarely anywhere near the rated  
capacitance, so test them carefully before using.


Skip Simmons
http://www.skipsimmonsamps.com/
Skip Simmons Amp Repair
707-678-5705




Quoting butwheat <butwheat73 at gmail.com>:

> Now things like THIS is are why keeping this list and archives is so
> important. Thanks to Tim and the new providers of the list!
>
> Mark KX8XX
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Tim Richardson <timrichardson at bellsouth.net
>> wrote:
>
>>  Try this link:
>>
>>
>> http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/Images/Sprague%20Bumblebee%20Chart.pdf
>>
>>   Tim W4IOU
>>
>> www.tim-r.com
>>
>> *If you don't stand behind our troops, please, feel free to stand in front
>> of them.*
>>
>> On 1/27/2011 8:46 PM, William Morton wrote:
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I am looking for a website that has a reference for the color bands used on
>> capacitors.  I have a mix of vintage Sprague capacitors ('Bumblebee' maybe?)
>> with various color bands that I need to identify.  I would rather not have
>> to measure all of them.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for all of your help.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> William
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Boatanchors mailing   
>> listBoatanchors at puck.nether.nethttps://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Boatanchors mailing list
>> Boatanchors at puck.nether.net
>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
>>
>>
>