In Reply to: RE: Yep... posted by Triode_Kingdom on August 12, 2015 at 20:04:25:
If that's a Russian teflon capacitor, it's new to me. I guess it could be a teflon capacitor from a non-Russian source. Down below, Tre' says this is a polystyrene, and I must agree that it looks like polystyrenes I have seen. TubeDIY generally avoids this sort of discussion, to my great relief, but I am a big fan of polystyrene capacitors. As I understand it, they are increasingly scarce due to difficulties with making them(?) I have some old 0.22uF/630V PASCAPs, polystyrenes once made in California, they stand up to teflons in similar value any day, IMO. I know polypropylene capacitors get a lot of favorable mention here, but I far prefer teflon or polystyrene film and foil to polypropylene, in coupling applications. End of Tweak-ophilic rant.
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- What the heck is that? - Lew 07:07:59 08/13/15 (1)
- RE: What the heck is that? - drlowmu 19:52:25 08/16/15 (0)