Stupid cap question

jag · 19th October 2002, 02:32 PM

Not really sure if this belongs to pass labs, but I am on my way to Zen4 nirvana5

and so it might as well...

What is the '+' sign on the cap doing along side the polarity bar that indicates the negative lead (+85C ??). Just want to confirm that this is indeed negative lead despite the '+' sign on it

Peter Daniel · 19th October 2002, 02:39 PM

It is indeed negative lead. Plus sign means +85 deg.C.

Steve Eddy · 19th October 2002, 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by Peter Daniel
It is indeed negative lead. Plus sign means +85 deg.C.

Yeah. I think the force of the -'s pulled the +'s away from the 85C. Guess they weren't attached too firmly.

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peranders · 19th October 2002, 06:16 PM

jag (I in swedish!), 99.99% of all radial (standing) electrolythic caps has a wide stripe usually white with minus signs. This is true for caps in aluminium cans not those in plastic like the orange or purpur (wine red) ones from Siemens.

jag · 19th October 2002, 08:26 PM

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jag (I in swedish!)

Thanks for the language lesson. Actually it is shortened from my long original (Asian) Indian name

Quote:

I think the force of the -'s pulled the +'s away from the 85C.

Heh, heh. One of my audiophile friends told me that the cap sounds a lot better when the +'s and -'s huddle

together like that

Infact there is a cap-cooker available, very similar to this cable-cooker that will do it for you

19th October 2002, 02:39 PM	#2
Peter Daniel diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada	It is indeed negative lead. Plus sign means +85 deg.C. __________________ www.audiosector.com “Do something really well. See how much time it takes. It might be a product, a work of art, who knows? Then give it away cheaply, just because you feel that it should not cost so much, even if it took a lot of time and expensive materials to make it.” - JC

19th October 2002, 06:16 PM	#4
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	jag (I in swedish!), 99.99% of all radial (standing) electrolythic caps has a wide stripe usually white with minus signs. This is true for caps in aluminium cans not those in plastic like the orange or purpur (wine red) ones from Siemens. __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

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