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Fred Fillinger wrote:
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>>It's me, the electronically challenged, again. I received the
>>capicator, today. It's the snap in type, with two pins sticking out
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>>one end. One pin is silver, the other has a black dot on it. There
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>>also a grey stripe down the side, oriented to the black spotted pin.
>>Can someone tell me which pin is the positive? Thanks again...
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>>Jeff - A055
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>It's common on PC-mounted caps to mark only the negative in some way,
>so black with a stripe sounds good for that. See if mfr has a web
>site with its data sheet. Failing that -- got muiltimeter? Take a
>little 9V battery and hook it up that way and see if it rises to at
>least 8-something volts in a few seconds. If reversed, volts may not
>rise beyond a few, if at all, but not enough available energy to blow
>it up. Don't try it reversed as a double-check, if first test above
>is OK. May not damage the cap for a just a few seconds, or may....
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>Do not archive
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>Reg,
>Fred F.
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Went back to Mouser.com and matched the KMH part number. They had a
data sheet. To make a long story short, on this unit, the black dot is
negative (-). Thanks again, guys....
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Jeff - A055
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