Hi all ,Does any one know if mallory still makes electrolytics and orange drops and where they can be had ?Best Regards Andy

Andy: Orange drops where made my Sprague, not Mallory. Anyway, Sprague has been acquired or superceded by another company, Vishay, which continues to manufacture (in Asia) orange drops and also Atoms e-caps.

They don't have "Sprague" written on them, but they seem to be pretty much the real McCoy. They are sold by AES and RadioDaze. These are fine caps, but they are physically larger than other modern caps and more expensive -- probably overkill, in my opinion, for restoring old radios.

I don't know what happened to Mallory, but haven't seen any new-manufacture Mallory caps.

:Hi all ,Does any one know if mallory still makes electrolytics and orange drops and where they can be had ?Best Regards Andy

:Andy give Justradios.com a try for comparing prices. Newark show Mallory caps in their 2006 datalog, www.newarkinone.com

Dave at JustRadios is a good source for caps, but he doesn't carry "name" brands. He sells "orange drips," which aren't the same as "orange drops." The "drips" seem to work well and are a good value, but are about 1/2 the physical size of "orange drops" and have shorter leads.

I think that someone else acquired Mallory equipment, or maybe it was another brand. If you look through some of AES's older catologues (around 2000 to 2003), you'll see mention of something like this.....twist lock electrolytics made to original standards using original equipment....forgot which company it was from, though.

Regarding orange drops, little tubular yellow metalized film condensers are best, especially since they fit well within the cases of old paper condensers. Doesn't seem like anyone does authentic restorations of the electronics except me, though.

T.

I don't restuff original caps, but I do prefer the yellow axial caps.

I bought some "surplus" .047uF caps from eBay. They work fine and the price was right. However, the leads are too short. They came on one of those paper bandoliers and were obviously intended for machine stuffing into PC boards.

:I think that someone else acquired Mallory equipment, or maybe it was another brand. If you look through some of AES's older catologues (around 2000 to 2003), you'll see mention of something like this.....twist lock electrolytics made to original standards using original equipment....forgot which company it was from, though.
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:Regarding orange drops, little tubular yellow metalized film condensers are best, especially since they fit well within the cases of old paper condensers. Doesn't seem like anyone does authentic restorations of the electronics except me, though.
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:T. Hi Thomas, When you said did authentic restoration,Were you talking about restuffing the paper caps? That's interesting I noticed radiodaze had cloth covered wire too. I guess I can understend the purity. CHEERS ANDY

Yep. Cloth wire is beautiful. If I had the money (and also had money for the rest of the restoration), I'd put all new cloth wire on my car. It just looks so nice.

T.

Regarding Mallory, believe they are now part of, or taken over by, Cornell Dubilier. If you want a choice of manufacturers and a wide assortment of caps and values try www.mouser.com. I have found their prices reasonable, shipping charge is what ever it cost them for UPS etc. One problem, you will go nuts trying to find what you want on the web site, best to order their catalog (which came in less than a week) and get the part #s then go on line and order. They have the Mallory, Cornell Dublier, Vishay/Roederstein, Vishay/Sprague, Xicon and Kemet brands. Catalog also covers resistors, variable caps,Xfmers,coils, instrument fuses, etc. PL

Orange Drops are made by SBE Electronics at the old Sprague plant at Barre, Vermont. I believe the website is www.sbelectronics.com

:Hi all ,Does any one know if mallory still makes electrolytics and orange drops and where they can be had ?Best Regards Andy Thank You all for your info! Best Regards, Andy