[ARC5] Mica Capacitor

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Orange Drops are not paper (and some made by others are not orange).  But 
they are always a bad choice for replacing an axial lead device mounted on a 
terminal board and usually a bad choice in point to point wiring.

In a message dated 09/18/2016 22:55:55 PM Central Daylight Time, 
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com writes: 
>     I am not sure all Orange Drop caps are the same. This was originally 
> a trade name for a plastic and paper cap made by Sprague, who also made 
> the Black Beauty.  They were intended for circuit board mounting.  There 
> are later orange colored dipped caps which are not the plastic and paper 
> type. For instance the polypropylene caps I've used in several radios 
> recently are rather orange colored.  Ugly is in the eye of the beholder 
> and I am more concerned with the performance.
> 
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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