I'd like to replace this old capacitor, but before clipping it out to measure it, could anyone help me figure out the value by the color code?
One problem is that I don't know which end of the capacitor has the 'first' color band. Does it start with green? Or does it start with blue?
Is the thicker green band the voltage indicator? If so, I guess that means 600V (DC).
After that, I get:
Grey = 8
Orange = 3
White = 9
And for tolerance,
Blue = 6%
That doesn't make sense to me. I must be reading this wrong. Can anyone help me understand how the manufacturers color coded these old capacitors? Thanks...
One problem is that I don't know which end of the capacitor has the 'first' color band. Does it start with green? Or does it start with blue?
Is the thicker green band the voltage indicator? If so, I guess that means 600V (DC).
After that, I get:
Grey = 8
Orange = 3
White = 9
And for tolerance,
Blue = 6%
That doesn't make sense to me. I must be reading this wrong. Can anyone help me understand how the manufacturers color coded these old capacitors? Thanks...
There are so many incompatible ways to read this
https://www.ourpcb.com/capacitor-code.html
Green was 100V. but that band has several other meanings
https://www.ourpcb.com/capacitor-code.html
Green was 100V. but that band has several other meanings
Looks like a Bumble Bee, in which case it would be 56 nF (the grey could be a faded blue, makes more sense than a non-standard 58) / 10% / 600 V
https://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/Bumble_Bee_capacitors
https://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/Bumble_Bee_capacitors
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