Circuit for one legged capacitor ?

[nigelwright7557]

Bought 1000 100nf caps from Ali Express.
One of them only has one leg.
Can someone suggest a circuit it would work in ?

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

 

[DUG]

custom capacitive touch sensing element.

very rare

 

[jan.didden]

Probably makes a nice WiFi antenna as well!

Jan

 

[PMA]

Mental energy storage.

 

[anti]

flux capacitor

 

[PMA]

Haven't seen you for long

 

[Kay Pirinha]

Your capacitor is the one that has been searched since a long time for historical reasons: The key component at the transition from THT to SMT!
Best regards!

 

[hasmac]

For single ended circuits only

 

[JMFahey]

* toothpick

* holding pin while sewing

* Map pin

* butterfly holder

* olive holder in Martini

and probably 100 other fancy and amusing uses.

 

[DF96]

Use it to collect groundside electrons, like a small grounding box.

 

[avtech]

the mythical unicorn cap has been found!

 

[Freecrowder]

One out of a thousand?? Manufacturing defect!

 

[nigelwright7557]

One out of a thousand?? Manufacturing defect!

The last one I got like that was in 1981 from Maplin electronics, it was a polyester liquorice allsort type.

 

[DF96]

I remember many years ago seeing a picture of a capacitor where the two leads formed a continuous u-shaped loop. Clearly the end had not been cut off. The unusual thing about this was that manufacturer claimed 100% component testing in the factory.

 

[nigelwright7557]

The last one I got like that was in 1981 from Maplin electronics, it was a polyester liquorice allsort type.

I miss the liquorice allsort caps they added a bit of colour to a pcb.
I don't see many polysytrene caps much now either.

 

[Mark Tillotson]

Charge $5000 and claim to audiophools its the latest greatest way to improve your listening?

 

[rayma]

I remember many years ago seeing a picture of a capacitor where the two leads formed a continuous u-shaped loop. Clearly the end had not been cut off. The unusual thing about this was that manufacturer claimed 100% component testing in the factory.

Did they say the components actually passed the testing?

 

[w5jag]

Put a FET on the long lead and use it as the antenna element of an active antenna.

 

[adason]

Bought 1000 100nf caps from Ali Express.
One of them only has one leg.
Can someone suggest a circuit it would work in ?

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

 

[w5jag]

So how did the other 999 test? Good or bad?