Capacitor question...

[chris48083]

so its a stupid question but a question none the less:
on a capacitator which side is positive? (longer lead or shorter; arrow pointing)

I also have a capacitor that doesnt seem to have any marking on it either way.  Both leads are the same langth and has no arrows. help?

[littlegreiger]

The postive side is the longer leg. If you look closely at the arrow you will probably see  minus or negative signs(-), this points to the negative leg.  As for your other capacitor is is probably a normal nonpolarized capacitor meaning it doesn't matter which way you put it in.

[chris48083]

thanks!

[guitarmonky55]

if you want some real fun, get a power supply and throw some moderate voltage through one of those polarized caps backwards.  there you have it, nerd fireworks, also known as geek bombs