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[SOLVED] Replacing special capacitor

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Hi!

In my old radio sits a large capacitor next to the rectifier. The radio hums. I have a suspicion that this is must likely causing it. The problem is that it looks special. Not with one value like the others but two values. It has three pins and one is marked red and one marked yellow. On it is written

48uf red outer section
48uf yellow

320/350 v DC

Type EAL

2207 eqi

Is this what is called a dual capacitor and can I replace it with two single 48uf capacitors in parallel?

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ath
 

You can replace it by two regular capcitors. In most cases, both capacitors are not parallel connected, but may be they are in your radio. If they are paralleled, a single 100 µF capacitor can be used as replacement.
 
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Yes you can replace it with two capacitors, one for red and one for yellow.
 

Btw, what is the benefit of using multiple capacitors. Is it just to save space?

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FvM said:
You can replace it by two regular capcitors. In most cases, both capacitors are not parallel connected, but may be they are in your radio. If they are paralleled, a single 100 µF capacitor can be used as replacement.
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How do I know if they are parallel or seriel?
 

If the red pin is connected to the yellow pin, then they are connected in parallel. I doubt they are connected in series.
 

OK, you need two capacitors then. One for red to silver, and one for yellow to silver. If you use electrolytic caps, be careful to get the polarity right. I would guess red and yellow are positive and silver is negative, but it's best to check.
 

By design of electrolytic capacitors (negative terminal connected to aluminium jacket) dual capacitors have always common negative terminal and are connected in parallel.
 

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By design of electrolytic capacitors (negative terminal connected to aluminium jacket) dual capacitors have always common negative terminal
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That's what I thought, but wasn't sure. They're not really in parallel though, as the positive terminals are separate.

From the given voltage rating and capacitance, I'd guess it's a valve radio with CRC or CLC filtering of the B+ supply.
 

Yes, of course the dual capacitor design makes no sense if you only want paralleled capacitors. These devices have been widely used with tube radios, mostly for CRC filtering as you mentioned.
 

Yes, it's an old tube radio.
I managed to find the company that made the capacitor. Still exists live and well. But they don't have a dual capacitor of the same values any more.
 

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