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MALLORY
MADE IN U.S.A
TYPE CGS
21000MFD 16 VDC
POS + 85C
MAX SURGE 20 VDC
CGS213U016R3L
362 8906 56699

They all date from around the early 80s.

Here they are pictured among Sprague caps of the same vintage:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/screwcaps70.jpg

I'd say that 8112 is a YYWW date code.

It is a YYMM date code. I have several pieces of vintage medical electronics
equip, and the date codes on the Mallory caps all match closely the date
codes on other parts.

" MALLORY
MADE IN U.S.A
TYPE CGS
30000MFD 15VDC
POS + 85C
MAX SURGE 20VDC
95661319
235-8102K

This one is from Feb 1982 - and it's Kosher too. ;-)

Remember Sprague's motto?
Don't be vague, ask for Sprague.

a little levity . . . very little . . .
Regards,
Tom

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:24:47 -0400, "hifi-tek"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I'd say that 8112 is a YYWW date code.

It is a YYMM date code.

Then how do you account for the "32" in "235-8532K"?

Here are two more caps, with date codes of 7945 and 8102:

MALLORY
MADE IN U.S.A
CGS591T200R3C3PL
590MFD 200VDC
POS + 85C
MAX SURGE 250VDC
1014861-00
235-7945K

MALLORY
BIONOL
CAPACITOR
6MFD
660 VAC
60 HZ NO PCBS
95686701
37NB6606
PROTECTED
C 200 AFC
64591 PTD
8102-1

- Franc Zabkar
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Franc Zabkar a écrit :
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:24:47 -0400, "hifi-tek"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I'd say that 8112 is a YYWW date code.
It is a YYMM date code.

Then how do you account for the "32" in "235-8532K"?

It IS YYWW (that is year and week)
so....235-8532 means 1985, 32nd week. That is why the K is there...

Syl

In article , Syl wrote:

Franc Zabkar a écrit :
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:24:47 -0400, "hifi-tek"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I'd say that 8112 is a YYWW date code.
It is a YYMM date code.

Then how do you account for the "32" in "235-8532K"?

It IS YYWW (that is year and week)
so....235-8532 means 1985, 32nd week. That is why the K is there...

I agree that it is YYWW, but I don't understand what you are saying the reason
is that the "K" is there? Why is the "K" there?

--
Regards,

John Byrns

Surf my web pages at, http://fmamradios.com/

John Byrns wrote:
In article , Syl wrote:

Franc Zabkar a écrit :
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:24:47 -0400, "hifi-tek"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I'd say that 8112 is a YYWW date code.
It is a YYMM date code.
Then how do you account for the "32" in "235-8532K"?
It IS YYWW (that is year and week)
so....235-8532 means 1985, 32nd week. That is why the K is there...

I agree that it is YYWW, but I don't understand what you are saying the reason
is that the "K" is there? Why is the "K" there?


weeK, to avoid any possible confusion to the date format used.

Syl

"Syl" wrote in message ...
John Byrns wrote:
In article , Syl wrote:

Franc Zabkar a écrit :
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:24:47 -0400, "hifi-tek"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I'd say that 8112 is a YYWW date code.
It is a YYMM date code.
Then how do you account for the "32" in "235-8532K"?
It IS YYWW (that is year and week)
so....235-8532 means 1985, 32nd week. That is why the K is there...

I agree that it is YYWW, but I don't understand what you are saying the
reason
is that the "K" is there? Why is the "K" there?


weeK, to avoid any possible confusion to the date format used.

Syl


I have two that have the code 235-6039H. Looks like the 39th weeH of 1960.

In article , Syl wrote:

John Byrns wrote:
In article , Syl wrote:

Franc Zabkar a écrit :
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:24:47 -0400, "hifi-tek"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I'd say that 8112 is a YYWW date code.
It is a YYMM date code.
Then how do you account for the "32" in "235-8532K"?
It IS YYWW (that is year and week)
so....235-8532 means 1985, 32nd week. That is why the K is there...

I agree that it is YYWW, but I don't understand what you are saying the
reason
is that the "K" is there? Why is the "K" there?

weeK, to avoid any possible confusion to the date format used.

That's where I figured you were headed with the "K", but typically the YYWW date
code, as used on semiconductors for example, is used without a format indicator,
in fact IIRC some versions of the YYWW date code scramble the digits in one way
or another to obscure their meaning.

I wonder if the "K" might not have another meaning, such as a code to indicate
which of several factories the device was produced in? If that is the case, the
fact that "K" is the last letter in "week" might just be a coincidence.

--
Regards,

John Byrns

Surf my web pages at, http://fmamradios.com/

In rec.antiques.radio+phono John Byrns wrote:
I wonder if the "K" might not have another meaning, such as a code to indicate
which of several factories the device was produced in? If that is the case, the
fact that "K" is the last letter in "week" might just be a coincidence.

I'm pretty sure it is a coincidence. I have only ever seen such indication
on some Philips equipment where the letters KW (kalenderweek,
kalenderwoche) are printed in front of a 3 or 4 digit code. Every single
other piece of equipment I ever saw with such a code only has letters with
another meaning in front of or after the date code.

--
Met vriendelijke groet,

Maarten Bakker.

John Byrns a écrit :
In article , Syl wrote:

John Byrns wrote:
In article , Syl wrote:

Franc Zabkar a écrit :
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:24:47 -0400, "hifi-tek"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I'd say that 8112 is a YYWW date code.
It is a YYMM date code.
Then how do you account for the "32" in "235-8532K"?
It IS YYWW (that is year and week)
so....235-8532 means 1985, 32nd week. That is why the K is there...
I agree that it is YYWW, but I don't understand what you are saying the
reason
is that the "K" is there? Why is the "K" there?
weeK, to avoid any possible confusion to the date format used.

That's where I figured you were headed with the "K", but typically the YYWW date
code, as used on semiconductors for example, is used without a format indicator,
in fact IIRC some versions of the YYWW date code scramble the digits in one way
or another to obscure their meaning.

I wonder if the "K" might not have another meaning, such as a code to indicate
which of several factories the device was produced in? If that is the case, the
fact that "K" is the last letter in "week" might just be a coincidence.


Could well be but so far only found K and was told so.

I was also told the first 3 digits where the factory ID,
can anyone confirm this?

Q: to OP. What country of origin is the cap from?
Could it be a code for country of origin? Like Canada, US...

Syl