Russian Oil Caps

[jcmjrt]

I've been looking for some russian K40y9 0.47uf 630V or higher caps and haven't had a lot of luck looking on e-bay. I found this site:

www.rutubes.com

however, they want credit card info and it's not a secure site. That makes me pretty nervous. Anyone done business with these folks and they are legit or know where I can get the caps?

[bricktop]

It looks like they take paypal. I believe rutubes is ebay seller 'worlddogs' so you could ask that seller to put up an auction for you I they were so inclined.

good luck!

[jaymanaa]

Looks like they take Paypal, and have a "membership"?

Edit- Sorry Micah, overpost.

[fsjonsey]

I've been looking for some russian K40y9 0.47uf 630V or higher caps and haven't had a lot of luck looking on e-bay. I found this site:

www.rutubes.com

however, they want credit card info and it's not a secure site. That makes me pretty nervous. Anyone done business with these folks and they are legit or know where I can get the caps?
If you want to chance it, use one of those visa gift cards with a predetermined amount of cash on it. I believe I've purchased some 6bm8's from him on bay without an issue.

[jcmjrt]

I knew there'd be a fount of info here. Thanks, I'll look into the options. :)

[sorenj07]

Good stuff. Just hope it doesn't turn into the absolute raving tornado going on over at AA about these things. Just drives the prices up when people panic buy them :shakes fist: Ah well.

[PakProtector]

hey-Hey!!!,
There is also some other codes to look out for. MBG is metalized, oil-soaked paper...very nice( quite a suprise actually ), and KBG a true film/foil paper with oil cap. And then there is the Teflon K72....( insert Homer-smiley drooling, as when thinking of beer or donuts).
cheers,
Douglas

[dividebytube]

This is highly subjective (of course!), but oil capacitors may or may not work for a given system. Personally I've never been a fan of them for line-level / phono work. I do however use them for speaker crossovers.

As usual, my 02c. Try 'em and see if they work for you.

[jcmjrt]

Actually, my diy preamp has a couple K40s bypassed with small K72s and it's a great combo. These caps do take a while to break in though.

[whoaru99]

I think some credit card issuers allow you to generate a virtual account number for any transactions you want. Your real account number is never given/revealed to the merchant.

My card issuer has this feature but I've never used it.