Vintage waxed mica cap voltage rating?

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Dingleberry
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Vintage waxed mica cap voltage rating?

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Hi.

Does anyone have experience with this kind of vintage waxed mica caps?
I would like to use it in my next build.
The voltage on the capacitor will be around 150V.
I have few of those caps, sourced from an old tube radio many years ago so that would kind of indicate it should be ok, but there are also lots of places in tube radios where high voltage handling is not necessary.
Somewhere I read that those should handle at least 200V, but as you all know everything's not true in the internet.
Any info welcome, thank you.
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Re: Vintage waxed mica cap voltage rating?

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It should handle 200 volts , but caps also have a AC signal voltage rating that may be less then half of its D.C. Rating.
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