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 Stephen Simpson
 Location: Sydney, NSW
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Hey Guys
Just Purchased a Philips Radioplayer 4462 and restoring it and came across these red things. I have no idea what they are, according to the circuit diagram they are 100MMFD capacitors and I would just like conformation that this is indeed what they are and if they are capacitors what type are they and what should they be replaced with.

http://s971.photobucket.com/user/stephens60/media/DSC03039_zps35bcaa1e.jpg.html.

Thanks Stephen
 
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 Maven
 Location: Canberra, ACT
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They are indeed capacitors, most likely ceramic - you would find a glassy material under the red coating. That said, they are probably the least likely capacitors to need replacing unless you can see that they have actually broken. They are a very robust type of capacitor.

The mmFd rating is more commonly written as pf (picofarad) these days in catalogs. If replacing, make sure you choose a high-voltage type.

Maven
 
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