[Boatanchors] recapping with polyprop caps

[jeremy-ca]

Explain that claim please.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Harmon" <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Todd, KA1KAQ'" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>; "'jeremy-ca'" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
Cc: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "'J Forster'" <jfor at quik.com>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 12:20 PM
Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] recapping with polyprop caps


> 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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