TU56/TC11 restoration - VARIAC question

[vrs]

From: "Scott Stevens" <chenmel at earthlink.net>
> "vrs" <vrs at msn.com> wrote:
> > These are 100uf 55VAC, IIRC, and definitely electrolytic.  I had one
> > that squirted goo (which had gone all crusty).
> >
> >     Vince
> >
>
> The capacitors could be oil-filled, hence the 'goo' they'd squirt.  Said
> oil might be nasty and carcinogenic, mind you. (PCBs)
>
> But 100uF is rather high for it to be a non-electrolytic.

Yeah, and the 'goo' was like hardened plaster.  I think it must have been
off-white and pasty when it came out.

I imagine the oil-filled caps look rather different when they leak.

    Vince