Source for Electrolytic Capacitors

[charles w. morehouse]

Al,
Amen. Larger caps, for the reason you stated can overheat the
transformer
and cause it to fail. Get the cap as close to original as possible as
the
standard values have changed. 73.
Wayne,
W4GBW
(a Keeper of the Green)

al winfrey wrote:
>
> Here is a good source for multi-section electrolytic caps:
>
> http://www.agtannenbaum.com/parts.html
>
> I do have one additional comment: Don't get too wild with choosing
> capacitor values that are greater than the design calls for. The reason
> is that a capacitor looks like a dead short momentarily until it charges
> up. It was originally chosen with the electrical values of the rest of
> the power supply in mind.  That means that increasing the capacitance
> radically may cause the power supply to start blowing fuses and could
> even pop the diodes and in reality buys you nothing.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73's
>
> Al Winfrey - WA9HSL
> (a keeper of the green)
>
> ....
>
> > In repairing some of my old Heathkits, I need to buy a few new
> > electrolytic capacitors used in the B+ circuit. Can anyone suggest a
> > good mail order source? Right now I need two, a 16 MFD and a 20 MFD both
> > at 150 volts. Also wondering how critical the MFD value is. Could I, for
> > example, use a 20 MFD instead of a 16 MFD for B+ filtering?
> >
> > 73,
> > Frank, KD2BM
>
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