Split Ceramic Disk Capacitor

30 Mar 2020

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  On Mar 30, 2020, at 2:13 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

 I have just opened up one of my other VLC machines. The part in question is
 marked

 .0033M
 Z5U

 I guess this means a 3.3nF capacitor? Or will it mean 3.3uF?

 Thanks

 Rob 
I'd say 3.3 nF.  M is probably a voltage rating.

Odd for it to be split.  I could just barely imagine that from mechanical stress.  Or
perhaps severe overvoltage.  Where is this part used?

	paul