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Old 10-30-2019, 07:25 PM
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Help me ID a capacitor

This is a small ceramic disc capacitor (that's broken in half) in the horizontal oscillator section of a hybrid European-made B&W set.

https://i.imgur.com/TnORyRU.png

If I'm reading this correctly, it's an 1800pf capacitor. Is that right?

Next question: is it OK to replace this with one of those cheap polyester film caps you get in the "1000 capacitors for $10" packs on eBay of the same value? Or does it need to be ceramic? It sits right next to the horiz output tube.

For those interested, the TV is branded General Electrica Española on the outside, and Miniwatt on the inside. Made in 1969, Miniwatt was owned by Philips and as far as I can tell made CRTs for them. But evidently they also made entire TVs, in this case sold under the GEE name. I've also seen this same set for sale here on second hand sites under the Emerson, Koster, and Iberia brands. I've been unable to find a schematic so far.

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Old 10-30-2019, 09:36 PM
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I'm no expert, but are you sure it's not a varistor? They're usually blue. Or was that the other circuit protection device... can't remember the name.
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Old 10-30-2019, 10:13 PM
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Do you know how much voltage was across it? If your new caps have a lower voltage rating they won't need 50 seconds to break let alone 50 years...
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Old 10-31-2019, 02:18 PM
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Uy that comment about the varistor gave me pause! There are two other similar components in the set, so I suppose it could have gone either way. So I pulled that sucker out and:

https://i.imgur.com/vPQQIMs.jpg

1800pf capacitor it is (or was).

It's connected to pin 6 of the PCF802, which the RCA handbook tells me usually runs with 100V on the plate. I have a huge box of those cheap-o capacitors and found a 1500 at 630V, put it in there, and it's running now with a great picture.

Thanks everyone!
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