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Old 08-04-2014, 10:46 PM
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Many paper caps had that 'outside foil' / '- polarity' mark despite being non-polarized...The reason for it was so that end could be connected to the chassis and the 'outside foil' would shield the cap from picking up any noise from the surrounding circuits etc. in sensitive radio applications.
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