[Boatanchors] recapping with polyprop caps
Todd, KA1KAQ
ka1kaq at gmail.com
Mon Feb 25 11:38:33 EST 2008
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 8:08 AM, jeremy-ca <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
> The band end is the outside of the foil and is usually the side grounded
> when used as a RF bypass. In audio or DC applications it doesnt matter.
>
> Those capcitors are NOT electrolytic and are NOT polarized.
Rule of thumb used to be: the right-hand side of the writing was foil
side when no band is indicated. No idea how this applies to today's
cap designs, I just got into the habit of sticking them in that way.
~ Todd, KA1KAQ
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