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1933 60L Restoration
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11-07-2018, 05:21 AM
I don't know if this is true or not but I remember reading somewhere that paper capacitors of the 1930s and 40s , had a tolerance of + or - 20%, which may be optimistic. So if the schematic calls for a .09 mf cap use a .1 mf, since a modern film cap is probably closer to spec then the original.
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1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 10-26-2018, 10:47 PM
RE: 60L Resistor Wattages - by Phlogiston - 10-27-2018, 09:59 AM
RE: 60L Resistor Wattages - by Greggshere - 10-27-2018, 12:26 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 10-27-2018, 07:06 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 10-27-2018, 07:13 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Radioroslyn - 10-27-2018, 09:22 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 10-28-2018, 06:20 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by jcassity - 10-31-2018, 10:02 AM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 10-31-2018, 11:01 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 11-03-2018, 10:43 AM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by klondike98 - 11-03-2018, 11:12 AM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 11-03-2018, 02:03 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 11-04-2018, 08:44 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by morzh - 11-04-2018, 08:56 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 11-04-2018, 09:26 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by morzh - 11-04-2018, 09:47 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by klondike98 - 11-04-2018, 10:24 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 11-04-2018, 11:44 PM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Radioroslyn - 11-05-2018, 12:26 AM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 11-05-2018, 01:16 AM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by morzh - 11-05-2018, 08:54 AM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by morzh - 11-05-2018, 09:01 AM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Arran - 11-07-2018, 05:21 AM
RE: 1933 60L Restoration - by Greggshere - 11-07-2018, 11:01 AM



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