Can someone verify the value of this bumblebee for me (both in the photo are the same)? I see Brown, Gray, Orange, Gray, Blue. So, that would be 18,000pf, the blue band should be 600V, but what would the second gray band indicate...should be tolerance, but I don't see a tolerance value for gray??? Am I reading this wrong? Thanks in advance.

Or could the gray be black? 10,000 pf, +/- 20% @ 600V.

I read it as .015 with the gray being green.

What does the schematic say?

Carl

Looks like a grayish black to me, making both caps .01/20% at 600V. Of course the proper color is "gone".

Dave Wise

...another vote for .01µF 600V here...that black on black doesn't work so well...

Black .01

Dave

I say it is a .01/600v cap. Harry

Agreed.

A LED flashlight often works wonders in vivifying color bands on resistors, caps etc. It might not work in this particular case, but then again, it may. Worth a trial.

Larry

Thanks for the replies guys, after locating the schematic, it is .01 uf @600V.

Well I assume you are gonna either figure out how to stuff a bumblebee or replace it? I have dug a bunch of unused ones out of my junk boxes around here lately and they all leak, some not a great deal, but some pretty badly for a tube circuit usage. I keep finding old vintage caps that are neat looking but are just junk now. I do have some Black Cats that all measure right for value and no noticeable leakage. As for bumblebee values, among others, if confused I just put them on the cap checker and then know for sure what they are.

Will be replacing, definitely. Have no interest in restuffing one of these little gems!

I just had my first encounter with bumble bees. I opted for tracing the cap on the schematic and working with the value listed.

Yes, that's what I did and the cap value and the schematic value matched.