Help : Cap ID/value on Leak crossover

[ants2au]

Hi,
attached is a crossover from an old Leak speaker.
does anyone have any ideas what the value of the Brown capacitor would be please?
probably dont need to replace that one, but it would be good to know what its value is. It doesnt correlate with any of the charts on the net.

 

[A400]

Do you mean the tropical fish cap? I see red, red, green, white and brown which is 2.2uf, 10%, 100V according to a chart I found. I agree, leave those alone if they work.

 

[ants2au]

Very cool. Thank you very much.

Do you mean the tropical fish cap? I see red, red, green, white and brown which is 2.2uf, 10%, 100V according to a chart I found. I agree, leave those alone if they work.

 

[alteclipsch]

I've read so many times that old capacitors should always be replaced due to their drift over time; does that not apply with this one? And is that light green one behind the "tropical fish cap" also a capacitor? If so, I would check if it's wired parallel to the other one, maybe they go together? I'm somewhat new to this stuff but it's what I've deduced from this great reservoir of knowledge.

 

[A400]

I've read so many times that old capacitors should always be replaced due to their drift over time; does that not apply with this one? And is that light green one behind the "tropical fish cap" also a capacitor? If so, I would check if it's wired parallel to the other one, maybe they go together? I'm somewhat new to this stuff but it's what I've deduced from this great reservoir of knowledge.

It depends on the cap material, electrolytic caps are notorious for drift (the black ones shown here), some other types are much more stable and can (or even should) be left in place.

The tropical fish name comes from the banding used for id, the green one has printed spec so not tropical afaik, although it is probably similar internally.