Westinghouse 17TV7C

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by MIPS

I was assuming that because they were plastic encapsulated they were more reliable than the regular wax paper ones.

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