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Old 03-02-2015, 11:13 AM
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Black band on a non-polarized cap means outside foil. If the outside foil was connected to ground it would act to shield the cap from picking up stray RF energy.....It it not important to observe that convention with replacements, but it may make the original circuit easier to follow...
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