Shavit23 Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Hi i am starting to restore my ar3a Looking at part express for caps i found 150uf cap 100v by dayton 50 uf 100 v by dayton and got stuck with the 6uf .. they got only 6.2 or 6.8 both 250 v by dayton should i buy the 6.2 ? Or buy 2 units of 3 =6 or 2 units of 2 + 4 =6 tnx!! or any other idea where to find the 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipps11 Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Hi, this store carries about every conceivable value for caps, resistances, inductances from the inexpensive to the millionaire. Based in Estonia, I've been using for years. Only thing is the mail a tad slow especially in this moment of general confusion. Have a nice one. https://www.audiohobby.eu/en/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aadams Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 6 hours ago, Shavit23 said: Or buy 2 units of 3 =6 or 2 units of 2 + 4 =6 Either will work. I used 3+3. Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aadams Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Shavit23 said: Hi i am starting to restore my ar3a Shavitz. Forgot to add, if your 3as have Sprague Compulytic caps they are probably good. "Compulytic" will be printed on the side of the can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shavit23 Posted May 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 tnx adams i will check that ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKent Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Advice from Aadams is all good. 3+3, 4+2, or the 6.2 is really close enough. If it were me, 6uF caps are so cheap that even if the 6uF is a Sprague I'd replace it. You can get all the values from erseaudio.com and their prices are low. Kent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lARrybody Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Here is what I have used for inexpensive 6uf caps. Left (blue) are Clarity PX caps, top (black) Erse PlusX caps, left (yellow) Carli mylar caps and my favorite Dayton 3uf polys paralleled to bring them to 6uf. I have also used much more expensive caps. You can Parallel 2.7uf and 3.3uf Mundorf Supreme, Jansen Superior and Clarity CSA caps. The possibilities are numerous. The Parts Express Electrolytic caps will work fine. I have used the big Dayton Poly caps paralleling 100uf and 50 uf caps for the 150uf and another 50uf and putting them back into the original wax box for the appearance of originality. The Dayton double (parallel) 3uf caps also fit on the original 6uf box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shavit23 Posted May 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2020 tnx for the info ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD70 Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 On May 19, 2020 at 1:29 PM, Aadams said: Shavitz. Forgot to add, if your 3as have Sprague Compulytic caps they are probably good. "Compulytic" will be printed on the side of the can. Regarding the Spragues, I'd still check them. I removed them in a set of 3as I restored several years ago, and surprisingly they were way off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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