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Philco 60 restoration
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Micamold was the name of a company that made both mica and paper caps. The confusion comes from the fact that the Micamold paper caps were made with a molded plastic case which looks just like a typical  molded mica, only larger.

If the Micamold you replaced was 110 pF then it was an actual mica and most likely still good.

The problem Micamolds are typically values from .005 uf to 0.1 uF and are plastic molded case paper caps. These are invariably leaky and are as bad or worse than the usual waxed paper ones.

Consequently, all Micamold caps have gotten an undeserved bad reputation, but in reality its the paper ones that are suspect while the smaller value true micas are fine.


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Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-06-2022, 10:45 AM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by Ron Ramirez - 04-07-2022, 07:42 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by brandonkr1 - 04-07-2022, 07:47 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by Radioroslyn - 04-07-2022, 08:42 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by brandonkr1 - 04-07-2022, 09:00 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by Brad Winder - 04-07-2022, 10:01 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by brandonkr1 - 04-08-2022, 03:16 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by Ron Ramirez - 04-08-2022, 06:46 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by brandonkr1 - 04-08-2022, 07:45 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by Radioroslyn - 04-08-2022, 08:07 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by brandonkr1 - 04-08-2022, 08:25 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by Radioroslyn - 04-09-2022, 10:34 AM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by brandonkr1 - 04-09-2022, 11:30 AM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by brandonkr1 - 04-09-2022, 04:27 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by Ron Ramirez - 04-09-2022, 05:15 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by brandonkr1 - 04-09-2022, 05:41 PM
RE: Philco 60 coil help - by klondike98 - 04-11-2022, 12:14 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-11-2022, 12:48 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by Keng - 04-11-2022, 01:13 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-11-2022, 01:38 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by radiorich - 04-11-2022, 07:41 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-11-2022, 11:41 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-22-2022, 09:44 AM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by admin - 04-29-2022, 06:14 AM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by RodB - 04-29-2022, 10:28 AM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by Steve Davis - 04-29-2022, 10:49 AM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-29-2022, 05:42 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-29-2022, 06:13 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by BrendaAnnD - 04-29-2022, 07:32 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-29-2022, 11:19 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by RodB - 04-30-2022, 08:28 AM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by Steve Davis - 04-30-2022, 10:39 AM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by RodB - 04-30-2022, 11:04 AM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-30-2022, 12:03 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by RodB - 04-30-2022, 02:14 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-30-2022, 03:59 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by RodB - 04-30-2022, 04:34 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 04-30-2022, 09:36 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by Mondial - 04-30-2022, 11:20 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 05-01-2022, 12:51 AM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by RodB - 05-01-2022, 09:56 AM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 05-01-2022, 02:18 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 05-02-2022, 09:01 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 05-03-2022, 06:37 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 05-03-2022, 07:57 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by BrendaAnnD - 05-03-2022, 08:56 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 05-03-2022, 09:02 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 05-03-2022, 11:43 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by Mondial - 05-04-2022, 02:24 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 05-04-2022, 03:06 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by Mondial - 05-04-2022, 03:47 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by BrendaAnnD - 05-04-2022, 03:52 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by brandonkr1 - 05-04-2022, 05:26 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by BrendaAnnD - 05-04-2022, 06:09 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by gregb - 05-04-2022, 10:45 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by klondike98 - 05-04-2022, 10:54 PM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by radiorich - 05-05-2022, 09:17 AM
RE: Philco 60 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-05-2022, 11:59 AM
Philco 60 - by brandonkr1 - 04-07-2022, 06:42 PM
3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by brandonkr1 - 04-10-2022, 02:22 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by Keng - 04-10-2022, 02:53 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by Radioroslyn - 04-10-2022, 03:14 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by brandonkr1 - 04-10-2022, 03:59 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by brandonkr1 - 04-10-2022, 04:07 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by brandonkr1 - 04-10-2022, 05:14 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by mikethedruid - 04-10-2022, 06:55 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by Keng - 04-10-2022, 07:25 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by brandonkr1 - 04-10-2022, 07:30 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by Keng - 04-10-2022, 09:05 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by brandonkr1 - 04-10-2022, 09:59 PM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by Keng - 04-11-2022, 12:53 AM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by brandonkr1 - 04-11-2022, 08:40 AM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by RodB - 04-11-2022, 09:59 AM
RE: 3 filter caps??? Model 60 - by brandonkr1 - 04-11-2022, 10:33 AM
Possessed Philco 60 - by brandonkr1 - 04-28-2022, 11:37 PM



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