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Help identifying capacitors,( more caps)help

Started by garfo, May 29, 2013, 10:51:25 AM

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garfo

The ones below have been identified, does anyoone know what these are?I've put a small mustard in there for size comparison.









Can anyone tell me what these caps are??
I believe the coloured ones are Tropical fish, what about the others?

gingataff

Mullard tropical fish and mustards.


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garfo

Are these mullards good for amplifier and or guitar tonepots?I can get them quite cheapl from a local store that has a bunch of them.
Quote from: gingataff on May 29, 2013, 10:54:08 AM
Mullard tropical fish and mustards.


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gingataff

Fine for guitar tonepots. Should be ok in amps, Mustards were used a lot back in the day but check the voltage rating on them. Tropical fish are more tricky. The colour coding will show you the voltage (a multimeter will do the rest ;D ) but check out this page.

http://www.mullardmagic.co.uk/mullard/blog/49-can-you-tell-me-about-mullard-tropical-fish-capacitors.aspx

In my experience tropical fish can sometimes be quite fragile and I've had a few crack and some completely fall apart. Mustards are pretty robust though.
Both look awesome in fuzzes and wahs, still not sure if they sound any better than modern types but certainly no worse.

ChrisM

If you get some Mullards cheap I would love to buy some.

garfo

3€ each, I'm in Europe though...
Quote from: ChrisM on May 29, 2013, 09:17:36 PM
If you get some Mullards cheap I would love to buy some.

ChrisM


garfo

0.12 160v;

2x 0.018 400v;

0.033 400v

Tropical Fish: 0.015

I can get a bunch more from the store.
The guy has it laying arround and he won't sell it, as we know, it has a specific market.

garfo