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Old 09-05-2012, 10:54 PM
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Capacitor Secrets Revealed?

Before I posted I spent considerable time looking for examples like the image above. There seems to be a pattern that the extra makings, like the end cap color and the fourth color stripe, indicate information in addition to the capacitance value--most likely voltage rating, tolerance, and/or what units to read (mfd or mmfd [pF]). This one, from the same Admiral TV, reads the correct value if you only use the middle three marks. I did see one site that showed color codes for voltage rating, and green would mean 500V max. Brown would be 100V max. So far I haven't had any problem with just leaving the micas and ceramics alone. But I'm only working on my fifth project ever.



Thanks for the comments. If I find definitive answers, I'll post again.

- Winky
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