[tbone]

I started using film caps exclusively on 2015. What started me on it was that the radio I was working on was going to someone who might only use the radio a few times a year. I didn’t want the radio to come back because a cap failed. Plus any radio that has an 80, 5X4, 5Y4, etc is subject to high B+ Levels until the rest of the tubes conduct. One could argue that a inrush limiter on the AC line would solve that problem, but I’ve just never done it.

I used all solen fast caps on my 38-690 last fall. The only cap that would not fit in the old can was the 18uf. It’s under the chassis. I stuffed all the cans on both chassis. I believe I was forced to put one cap in the other multi can on the amp chassis as there was no room for the three. Ran new cloth wire out of the cans that matched the original color.

The one radio I had trouble with was my GE E-101. The radio called for a couple of 30uf units and there was no room in the cans or under the chassis. I used 500 V electrolytics there.