[R-390] Orange Drop question

[Scott, Barry (Clyde B)]

Yes, the caps are marked with their value and rating, so following Walter's advice (and what I was pretty sure of), I can install them properly.  I'm pretty sure they're okay, they just don't always mark the outer foil side on their caps.  I seem to recall a discussion that this isn't as critical with ODs as some other caps (refer to the "non-inductively wound" comment), but I don't know for sure.

This is an audio application, so I'm not even sure if this is a factor.  The Black Cat caps I'm replacing are definitely marked and installed as per Walter's description of coupling capacitors.  It probably wouldn't make any difference in this application, but I like to be thorough.

Thanks,

Barry - N4BUQ

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Smith [mailto:billsmith@ispwest.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:10 PM
> To: DAVEINBHAM@aol.com; r-390@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Orange Drop question
> 
> 
> They may be ok.  The caps I use are "non-inductively wound" 
> (don't know what
> that really means).  At any rate, they are not supposed to 
> have an "outside"
> and have no identifying stripe.
> 
> I have never tested them to verify.
> 
> Perhaps Orange Drops have adopted this construction approach. 
>  Are the caps
> you have marked with their capacitance value and voltage rating?
> 
> Bill