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Civilizing The Russian Teflon Capacitor

Posted by Mike B. (A) on December 21, 2006 at 11:18:37

There are a number of sources selling these Russian military surplus teflon caps. The big drawback IMO is the magnetic metal case and leads. It is pretty simple to remove the casing using a pipe cutter at each end of the tube. The ends with the leads are attached to a fairly long braided wire. Careful untwisting and pulling will expose the wire and allow cutting from the steel. Inside each end is a white plastic washer. I remove them and reuse them on each end. Solder on your choice of wire leads. I then use hot glue to attach the plastic washer to the end of each cap. The last process is to cover with heatshrink. The end result is you get a very good cap for around $3 each.

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