Striped capacitor value?
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2026 7:40 pm
Does anyone know how to read the values of the old striped/dipped capacitors? I've got an old emergency light with one which has become damaged so ideally needs replacing.
The colours from bottom to top (leads at the bottom) are Brown, Red, Black, Orange, Purple, Yellow, and the size is about 10mm width.
Also in the same fitting are a pair of 470uF 16V electrolytic capacitors (Nippon Chemicon CE04W) I assume these are for smoothing the rectified DC output from the transformer/rectifier. As these are NOS from the early 80's should these be replaced as a matter of course?
The colours from bottom to top (leads at the bottom) are Brown, Red, Black, Orange, Purple, Yellow, and the size is about 10mm width.
Also in the same fitting are a pair of 470uF 16V electrolytic capacitors (Nippon Chemicon CE04W) I assume these are for smoothing the rectified DC output from the transformer/rectifier. As these are NOS from the early 80's should these be replaced as a matter of course?