Tar Capacitors used in Philips vintage Radios (Algemeen)

door Maurice , Dordrecht, 29.03.2017, 17:15 (2797 dagen geleden) @ Maurice

An other thing to mention when replacing condensors (and other parts)

The range of production components is alway's greater than that of service parts.

The fact of costs per component to held in stock or when in production.

fi a 125V capacitor is a bit cheaper than one of 400V (just cents) but in great numbers
it counts.

When in service you just have in stock the 400V and 1000V type that covers the 95%
fi. when replace a 125V you use a 400V.

Same in tolerance, when mentioned 20% tolerance you use 10% service parts that are available.

Even so in value's the service range is reduced.
In service you therfore sometimes have to combine value's (series or parr) to get the value needed.

That is why the limited datasheets of service parts don't cover the large range of
production codes.