GE Portacolor II needs help

[zeno]

The cap between the hoz out C & E needs to be the right type
otherwise it will short. Sorry I dont remember what its called
but someone will pipe in I am sure. We always used the OEM part.

When ever you see these white caps get rid of them. They are most
common in Zenith, GE & Maggy 1970's solid state sets. This includes
4 lead caps in the hoz out. They can cause total destruction under the
right conditions.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

[joe111671]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

The across the line cap should ideally be an X or Y rated safety cap. You can get away with a quality 630VDC rated cap (I often do that on my sets), but I try to use X or Y for sets I plan to sell or repair for others.

Thanks for pointing that out, I learned something. The only time I've heard of safety caps is regarding Zeniths and runaway HV. How critical is the value? I looked through my stash of used stuff and found a .1uF @275v with X2 on it. I'm replacing a .047.

Originally Posted by zeno

The cap between the hoz out C & E needs to be the right type
otherwise it will short. Sorry I dont remember what its called
but someone will pipe in I am sure. We always used the OEM part.

When ever you see these white caps get rid of them. They are most
common in Zenith, GE & Maggy 1970's solid state sets. This includes
4 lead caps in the hoz out. They can cause total destruction under the
right conditions.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

Glad you mentioned that, I would have just used the ones I ordered from justradios.com, which are described as "Metalized Polypropylene Orange Dips". I'll hold off then.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by joe111671

Thanks for pointing that out, I learned something. The only time I've heard of safety caps is regarding Zeniths and runaway HV. How critical is the value? I looked through my stash of used stuff and found a .1uF @275v with X2 on it. I'm replacing a .047.

Across the power cord safety caps aren't very critical. Going up in value is better than going down.