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restuffing electrolythics: how do you remove the top cap?
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02-09-2012, 09:01 PM
DeckApe Wrote:When re-stuffing an electrolytic, which end is the positive lug? Can, or the rubber-insulated bit in the center? (Or for those of us that have just a snip of trouble following the schematic occasionally...)

The PLUS is always the center wire. The cylinder, unless insulated (when two wires are used like in my case) is always the MINUS.
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