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Originally Posted by MIPS
I was assuming that because they were plastic encapsulated they were more reliable than the regular wax paper ones.
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Plastic-coated paper caps are every bit as rotten as wax paper caps. This article shows the various caps commonly found in old TVs & radios and gives advice about replacing them:
http://antiqueradio.org/recap.htm
Those pink "Big Chiefs" are on the must-kill list, along with striped "bumblebees," flat "Micamolds," and wax paper.
Phil Nelson