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Tubs,
A capacitor is just foil then an insulater, then more foil. The newer caps have better insulating material & it’s much thinner. The thinner the insulater the better the cap works! As long as the voltage rating is the same or higher a guy is good to go. I have an old tube type table radio in a wooden case that was my dads. It had horrable 60 cycle hum from tthe poer supply until I replaced the caps. They were the old wax type too. What a difference with modern caps!!
Jeff P.S. I was told by a Vishea rep, cap manufacturer that magnetos were very hard on caps so the higher voltage rating the better. I orered 800 volt rating caps for my magneto. Always can go overrated, never underated voltage.There is also some caps that aare polorized, that is a positive & negative terminals sysmble I-C or non polotized I-I.