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   From: tmiller11147@verizon.net   
      
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   > What type of capacitor would be the best match to replace the old   
   > paper/wax caps in old tube gear?   
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   > One that I do recall, are the so called Mylar, which I think were the   
   > first ones that were made to replace the old paper caps. I guess they   
   > now changed that name to something "poly" also.....   
   >   
      
   Mylar is DuPont's brand name for a stretched PET plastic. P is for poly :)   
      
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