What Brand Capacitor is This?

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Gamedojo
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What Brand Capacitor is This?

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Not sure if anyone can help me here. But I'm looking to find what make/model capacitor this guy in the picture might be...

[img:38:69]http://www.tylergrund.com/images/noname_cap.jpg[/img]

Thanks!

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Structo
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Re: What Brand Capacitor is This?

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Kind of a small picture to tell anything.
Might be a Sozo, Jupitor or Mallory.

What does the writing on the cap say?
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Re: What Brand Capacitor is This?

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Thats all I have... I know its not much, but I only have a photo.

But its not mallor or sozo because you can tell one side of the cap is white. I don't know what color Jupitor caps ends are, but the letters seem bigger and bolder then anything on Jupitor caps...


hmm.... the investigation continues.
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Re: What Brand Capacitor is This?

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This is a Jupiter

[img:300:300]http://www.specialtyguitars.com/mm5/gra ... 210-lg.jpg[/img]

That's the only picture I can find of the Jupiter, so I can't tell if it has a white end.
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Re: What Brand Capacitor is This?

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yeah, i'm aware of that photo...but I can't tell if the ends are white...

...also, the text on the cap looks to be too thin compared to my photo.
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Re: What Brand Capacitor is This?

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I have seen some Illinois caps that looked sort of like that but I can't find a photo.
Good luck.

Why are you looking for this particular cap?
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Re: What Brand Capacitor is This?

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kind of a long story. An amp builder used this brand cap in this ONE spot only. And it just raised questions on why. No biggie here, I just want to know so I can do some of my own experiments.
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Re: What Brand Capacitor is This?

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What amp is it, if I may ask?
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