[R-390] Orange Drop question

Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:51:35 -0700

I think we need to have the whole batch  "X-Rayed".  Could they be
counterfeit "offshore" parts? Hmmmmmmm!

Glen Galati, KA7BOJ          [email protected]
Tacoma, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Smith <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:09 AM
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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Orange Drop question
>
>
> > In a message dated 9/26/02 9:04:19 AM Central Daylight Time,
> [email protected]
> > writes:
> >
> > Barry,
> > Why don't you send the Orange Drops back to whomever you bought 'em from
> and
> > demand replacements that are properly marked ?
> > That is what I would do.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > << Can someone tell me how to determine which lead is connected to the
> outer
> > foil on an Orange Drop capacitor?  Some of them have stripes, but the
ones
> I
> > got yesterday don't have a stripe.  Is it the right-hand lead looking at
> the
> > cap from the "front" (readable) side?
> >
> >  Thanks,
> >
> >  Barry - N4BUQ >>
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