[Heathkit] Stupid Question about Capacitors for HO-10

[Edward B Richards]

I believe you are correct. Other types of capacitors can safely be
installed either way. However, there is often a marking to indicate the
outside foil. It can be a stripe on one end, a ball of solder on one
lead, next to the body, or some other designation to indicate the outside
foil. For by-pass caps this side should go to ground, to shield the
inside foil. For coupling caps it should go to the source (plate) to
shield the input (grid).

73, Ed Richards K6UUZ
 

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:39:38 -0600 "Freeberg, Scott (STP)"
<Scott.Freeberg at guidant.com> writes:
> Sounds like a good question to me.  That style of capacitor doesn't 
> have a polarity, so you can put it in either way without any 
> problem.  As far as I know, only electrolytics have polarity.  
> 73, Scott WA9WFA
> 
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