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Author Message   Charles Miller Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 10:05 pm:    Well, the folks at Mouser even backed down on this one. They told me, quote: "That cap is a no-bid." LOL... they referred me to an "antique electronics shop" in Arizona, which referred me to a "vintage camera expert" in South Carolina, who told me that even if I could find the exact capacitor to fit the flash battery case, the chances of the cap working after almost 50 years were extremely remote. So, instead of jumping through any more hoops on this deal, I'm going to take the easy approach and solder a modern 200mfd 30v capacitor to the flash contacts. I just hate to give up on the original technology, you know? Kind of defeats the purpose of collecting it. CM