Thanks for the video. I have just bought a C3 which has just arrived and I also bought an IT-11 which hasn't arrived yet. Both will need new caps. I am restoring several vintage mil receivers and I'm sure many caps will be leaky so will prob end up changing them all but I think it will be interesting to see the state of the caps.
Electrolytic caps can sometimes be reformed, because you're essentially rebuilding the oxide layer inside the cap, but paper caps like this one can't really be "reformed" like that. Once the paper starts breaking down and leaking, it's finished as a capacitor.
Thanks for the video. I have just bought a C3 which has just arrived and I also bought an IT-11 which hasn't arrived yet. Both will need new caps. I am restoring several vintage mil receivers and I'm sure many caps will be leaky so will prob end up changing them all but I think it will be interesting to see the state of the caps.
Electrolytic caps can sometimes be reformed, because you're essentially rebuilding the oxide layer inside the cap, but paper caps like this one can't really be "reformed" like that. Once the paper starts breaking down and leaking, it's finished as a capacitor.