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Old 05-30-2016, 07:40 PM
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We need to see the schematic.

It may well be that a set that new is filled with
still good ceramic caps and needs only the electrolytics replaced.

I'll explain those electrolytics. One is a single, the
others are cans.

First the single. It says 150uF. 200v. Let go looking. Mouser has an axial direct replacement at over $6.
Justradios.com has no direct replacement; best is a 250volt 220 uFD ... which would work fine
since its surely a filter cap, at $3 or so. That's still expensive! What I do next is look for radials at Mouser (or Digikey).
I go to electrolytic caps, leaded, radial, stocked.
I usually also select bigger uF value Nichicon and Panasonic, but United Chemi-Con sometines has ones they don't.
I selected 150 uF and 180 uF, and 250 volts ( its better to go to the next common voltage, though in this case 200 is fairly common
) and for filter caps, the specified value and the next up in the usual series
(10, 12, 15, 18, 22, 27, 33, 39, 47, 68, 82) , That gave 12 items, which means you will be OK.
The cheapest 150 uF cap is rated at 105 degrees C and over 3000 hours lifetime, so its a
quality product, so I'd buy that.

Presumably you are going to restuff the two cans. If not, and just clipping them out of the
circuit, and mounting the new ones under the chassis, you use the same procedure. For the >250 volt
caps, just use 450 volts and use the next value up in the
standard series. I.e. for 20 uF I'd use 22 uF, and for 4 uF I'd use 4.7. For 25 one
uses 27, and for a specified 50 you
can use 47, or more usually 68. If its the second capacitor in the line
of the main power supply, I'd go up to twice what is speced. For the first cap
in the line of the main power supply, us the next value up ... not lots higher.

For the 25 volt ones, you CAN use 25 volts, but I usually use 35 or even 50.

There are no caps in this set where one needs to look beyond the "usual suspect"
Panaconics and Nichicons, that is, 105C and >= 3000 hours spec. Just get the cheapest
that fits that. In a tube TV set there is no need to look at the ESR or"AC Amps" columns.

Now if you want to restuff the cans, there is an additional nightmare. WILL THEY ALL FIT?
New caps are much lower volume ... but the shape may be wrong to get them all to fit. There
are instructions here and at antiqueradios.com on how to do the restuffing. If you want to be sure they fit, you have to
carefully look at the sizes and imagine how you are going to arrange them inside the old can.
Sometimes its impossible, even if you don't try to use higher than the specced voltage.

If you really need caps rated greater than 450 volts, go to justradios.com,
or stack two 350 volt ones of twice the value and just don't worry; just be sure they are from the same batch!

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