Help Needed To Identify These Tropical Fish Caps

[Naz Nomad]

I've been trying, without much success, to work out the values of these fishies.

A little help would be greatly appreciated ... Naz x



No's 1-9 and 12 are about the size of your average wee Tantalum

No. 10 is a minute little thing.

No. 11 is a HUUUUGE mofo ...  (not so much 'tropical fish', more like 'sperm whale')   

[axg20202]

They should be read the same as resistor colour codes, and the last band is the max voltage rating, the second to last is tolerance.

[Arn C.]

The codes are as follows:- 
1st band (furthest away from the leads, i.e.top) black 0, brown 1, red 2, looks familiar ? yes its the same as resistors. 
2nd band ditto 
3rd band orange X 0.001 uF, yellow X 0.01 uF, green x 0.1 uf 
4th band (tolerance) white +/- 10%, black +/- 20% 
5th band (working voltages) red 250V dc , yellow 400V dc 

There are really only four voltage colors for these capacitors. 

Brown=100vdc, red=250vdc,yellow=400vdc and blue=630vdc. 


http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/Resistor_Codes


Arn C.

[Naz Nomad]

Hmmm ... so you don't know what values these are either, eh? 

[Naz Nomad]

Can someone delete this thread now ... I've gotten the info elsewhere ... thanks

[frank_p]

Can someone delete this thread now ... I've gotten the info elsewhere ... thanks

Type it down: Others will find it and you will remember it better.

[Minion]

A Cap tester is what you need, (what every DIYer needs)...Even my Cheapo $20 DMM can test caps up to 200uF and down to 1pf....

[rocket]

 ithink that most of those are ceramic, only the large one is mylar/polyester i.e. tropical fish.

[Naz Nomad]

Can someone delete this thread now ... I've gotten the info elsewhere ... thanks

Type it down: Others will find it and you will remember it better.

HUH?

The info was here --> http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/components/capac.htm ... I just couldn't find it myself.