Anybody ever heard of these capacitors?

[Arno van der Heijden]

I was salvaging some parts from an old Philips VCR and stumbled across some weird type capacitors. At least that's what I think they are...

They are weird because they look exactly like resistors with colored bands and all, but their main color is pink.  :shock:
I initially thought they were resistors, but they're labelled 'Cxx' on the pcb, whereas the 'normal' resistors are labelled 'Rxx'. I never heard of these kind of capacitors, so any information about them is welcome.

[aron]

That sounds cool. Obviously so machines could place them even easier.

Never seen them myself.

[Boofhead]

Pink and Lime Green ones are very common, sort of a fat 1/4W resistor in size.  You read them like resistors and the value is in pF.  I believe they are axial ceramic capacitors (probably multilayer construction).

An example is in the middle of this page (the 220pF):
http://www.techlib.com/electronics/colorcode.html


There's smaller body types too, like the ones Peavey use, about the size of a 1/8W resistor.   Others are same size as the 1/8W but aren't color coded - they are marked with the value.

[Peter Snowberg]

I had a little Marshall that used the same caps. They were getting more and more popular until SMD prices came down and took over.

Take care,
-Peter

[niftydog]

be aware that I have also seen inductors dressed as large resistors...  would drive you balmy if you got those mixed up!

[Arno van der Heijden]

be aware that I have also seen inductors dressed as large resistors... would drive you balmy if you got those mixed up!

Yes, that's right. The same pcb also has some inductors disguised as resistors, only they have a light green color.