21 Jul
2015
21 Jul
'15
7:25 p.m.
On 07/21/2015 06:56 PM, Tothwolf wrote:
I've often wondered why they even bother to put
that polarity stripe on
modern film parts when it doesn't actually indicate the outside foil
terminal. Maybe this is something that has become lost knowledge to
manufacturers over the years to the point where even Vishay/Sprague
doesn't know what that black indicator stripe was actually used for?
And not so modern parts. I've still got a few pounds of paper-oil
capacitors (lots of Rifas) from the 1980s. Picked them up as mixed NOS
priced about 25 cents per pound. About half are market with polarity
marks. I never understood why.
I used one recently to replace an ignition capacitor in a 40 year old
chainsaw (a Stihl 056). Works a treat.
--Chuck