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Cambridge Capacitors Quality.
Supposed to be a 6.5 microfarad cap.
Pretty standard really. Every Cambridge Capacitors PFC that I've ever removed has been well and truly shot.

Yet I've got Philips, Bosch and Thorn branded capacitors from the early 1970's which are still almost bang-on their rated values

Cambridge Capacitors Quality.

Supposed to be a 6.5 microfarad cap.
Pretty standard really. Every Cambridge Capacitors PFC that I've ever removed has been well and truly shot.

Yet I've got Philips, Bosch and Thorn branded capacitors from the early 1970's which are still almost bang-on their rated values

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Kev   [09 Apr, 2016 at 04:55 PM]
Plastic shit?
Andy   [09 Apr, 2016 at 05:12 PM]
I have found them to be rubbish too. Had a sort through all the caps I had collected over the years and ended up chucking about half of them after testing their capacitance or lack of it.
Danny   [09 Apr, 2016 at 05:31 PM]
Cambridge ones are terrible for this
eclipsislamps   [09 Apr, 2016 at 07:37 PM]
One thing they are good for is burning for a surprisingly long time if you set one on fire.
pat_96   [10 Apr, 2016 at 12:06 AM]
Thier crap, unfortunately common enough in a lot of 80's and 90's SS fittings
eclipsislamps   [10 Apr, 2016 at 12:54 AM]
Motor capacitors. Thats all I ever use in fittings.
Funkybulb   [10 Apr, 2016 at 03:48 PM]
I have one of these in my cap collection. It came out of a window Unit. These are really crap.

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