Ron's Philco 37-640 Restoration
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Another day, another electrolytic capacitor can to restuff.
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The original was 12 uF, 475 VDC. 22 uF is overkill but not too bad, considering the very wide tolerances of the original electrolytics.
After the can was restuffed, back into the chassis it went.
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Ron Ramirez
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RE: Ron's Philco 37-640 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 12-11-2016, 06:03 PM
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