Todd, Looking at my old Fender Guitar amp schematics, etc., I would add .022, and .047 for sure. Perhaps .0022 and .0047? AD5HR, Jon
--- On Mon, 5/3/10, Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1...@gmail.com> > Subject: [AMRadio] Request for Most Common Capacitor Values to be Reproduced > To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" > <amradio@mailman.qth.net>, "milsurplus" <milsurp...@mailman.qth.net>, > "Boatanchors" <boatanch...@mailman.qth.net>, "National Radio Equipment" > <natio...@mailman.qth.net>, "Hallicrafters Reflector" > <hallicraft...@mailman.qth.net> > Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 5:31 PM > Sorry for the multiple list posting, > but time is short and max input is desired. > > Got a call from a friend this afternoon who is talking with > a > capacitor manufacturer about producing some caps for the > radio, guitar > amp, and audio crowd. We've talked about this in the past > but never > got to it. Now it looks like it will happen. > > The question is, what values would be the most handy to > have supplied > into the future for restoring old gear? Obviously we can't > do a lot of > oddball values as we're mainly looking for values that will > sell well > and be attractive from a production prospective. The few > that popped > to mind for me were: > > .1, .01, and .47 mfd at both 400 and 600 vdc. I also > specified axial > lead instead of the radial leads found on Orange drops > since axial > leads are better suited to our needs. I'm looking for other > values > that are likely to be encountered often enough to warrant > production. > Maybe 6-12 different values to choose from. These would be > caps used > for bypassing and such, not filtering. I suspect we could > get them > 'banded' for the foil side as well if folks feel that is > important > enough. > > The meeting is set for tomorrow, so timely input is > critical. We're > *not* looking for a list of manufacturers who already make > caps as we > believe more is better in this case. Some values are > already getting > difficult to find. > > TNX - > > ~ Todd, KA1KAQ/4 > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net > with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
