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Anyone knows a good place to buy film capacitor assortments?

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Posted on October 24, 2014 at 09:36:02
jorisdallaire
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Location: Quebec city
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I'd like to have many values from say 0.01 to 100uF in film, excluding polyester (the green drops ones). Maybe dual voltage range kits (one around 250V and another around 630V) would be asking too much?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Joris

 

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Order your own assortment from Mouser or Digikey, posted on October 24, 2014 at 10:09:13
JJ Triode
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Panasonic, WIMA, Vishay and Cornell-Dubilier would be good brands to start with.

 

RE: Anyone knows a good place to buy film capacitor assortments?, posted on October 24, 2014 at 10:21:55
Tom Bavis
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Location: Upstate NY
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Justradios.com or radioantiques.com (Bob may have only polyester...)

 

Agreed., posted on October 25, 2014 at 12:51:11
Michael Samra
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Location: saginaw michigan
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Either Mouser or Jim McShane...If he wants more audiophile oriented caps then he needs to buy the values he needs separately..If he wants them for general repair such as tuners or feedback couplers in lower grade receivers and what not,Just Radios has a nice assortment pack and they perform very well from my experience.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken

 

Thanks guys!, posted on October 25, 2014 at 19:27:12
jorisdallaire
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Location: Quebec city
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The objective is to have a good selection handy so i can play with different values in my designs. I'd like to avoid having to re-order another part if i find my design needs a slighly different value than initially thought. I live in a city where film caps are unobtainium.

Judging from the available selection en epay I concluded that it would be best to build my own pack, but i'll make sure to check Justradios and radioantiques.

Thank you!
Joris

 

RE: Anyone knows a good place to buy film capacitor assortments?, posted on October 26, 2014 at 09:04:39
truep
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Location: Texas
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If you are in the Dallas area, Tanner electronics in Farmer's Branch has a wide selection. I usually find what I need there
They are a self service store that buys surplus inventory. Good prices too!

I know this won't Jorisdallare but could be helpful to anyone in this area.

 

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