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12-11-2016, 11:56 PM
(12-11-2016, 09:50 PM)Sinatra1982 Wrote:  I have two questions about paper caps.  First, I have a paper wax cap that has a ground arrow pointing to a lead.
Does not these type caps have a pos or neg side?   And I have a cap that says.0033 mfd,  1600 VDC.  Do they make a cap with that much voltage and if so where can I get one.  Thanks...

>Does not these type caps have a pos or neg side?
No, wax/paper and the modern film are not polarized. The old tubular w/p cap have foil side and sometime is marked as the ground side.

>.0033 mfd,  1600 VDC.  Do they make a cap with that much voltage and if so where can I get one.  Thanks...
Short answer is use 3, .01 630v caps in series.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry
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paper wax caps - by Sinatra1982 - 12-11-2016, 09:50 PM
RE: paper wax caps - by Radioroslyn - 12-11-2016, 11:56 PM
RE: paper wax caps - by Sinatra1982 - 12-12-2016, 01:57 AM
RE: paper wax caps - by morzh - 12-12-2016, 07:46 AM
RE: paper wax caps - by 462ron - 12-12-2016, 02:30 PM
RE: paper wax caps - by Dennis Craft - 12-13-2016, 10:18 AM
RE: paper wax caps - by morzh - 12-13-2016, 05:41 PM
RE: paper wax caps - by klondike98 - 12-13-2016, 01:14 PM
RE: paper wax caps - by Sinatra1982 - 12-16-2016, 07:56 AM
RE: paper wax caps - by TV MAN - 12-16-2016, 10:52 AM
RE: paper wax caps - by doug-5er - 12-17-2016, 10:19 PM



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