Stupid Help?...Please?

Started by punkin, December 31, 2009, 07:25:32 PM

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punkin

Hi there...this is probably stupid but I guess I need some reassurance. I'm a little rusty. I found a box of Polyester capacitors (100V 1uf 5%). I'm working on a little project that calls for these little gems but the schematic is suggesting polarity. These caps don't have a marker as far as I can tell.

Printed on them is 1.0uF +/-5% 100VDC HF....nothing more. My suspicioun with this size is that it doesn't matter...anyone care to vote on this?


THANKS
Ernie Ball Music Man - JPM, THD Univalve, Grace Big Daddy, PepperShredder, BSIAB2, FireFly Amplifier.

R.G.

Polyester capacitors do not have a preferred or mandatory polarity, and can be used in either direction, even if the original capacitor it replaces was polarized.
R.G.

In response to the questions in the forum - PCB Layout for Musical Effects is available from The Book Patch. Search "PCB Layout" and it ought to appear.

punkin

Ernie Ball Music Man - JPM, THD Univalve, Grace Big Daddy, PepperShredder, BSIAB2, FireFly Amplifier.