[Boatanchors] recapping with polyprop caps

[Dave Harmon]

Yep, that's right.....today's mfgd caps....at least the orange drops I
bought from Mouser 
(new mfgd, not NOS) are not marked with this line.
However....the outside foil can be identified by this method.
http://aikenamps.com/OutsideFoil.htm

Try it....it works. I used a marker to identify the outside foil....they
were not all on the right hand side either so this is worth doing.
Oh....in audio applications....it DOES matter.
I thought it wouldn't matter....but I actually tried it and it does.
And I'm not an audiophool.

Regards

Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.

-----Original Message-----
From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Todd, KA1KAQ
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:39 AM
To: jeremy-ca
Cc: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; J Forster
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] recapping with polyprop caps

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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