Hi folks,
I have a a 100uF 50v capacitor, with a typical electrolytic look to it, photo attached (the can is about 1 inch long).
I'm starting to wonder if this really is a polarized electrolytic or polarized capacitor of any kind.
The leads are exactly the same length.
The are no markings on the end or side of the can to indicated which is +ve.
There is no indentation around the can on just one side, but they are on both sides!
In other words all 3 of conventions used to distinguish which lead is +ve are not there.
Here's a photo (which I've cropped to exclude the embarrassing melting of my breadboard when I connected a UA741 circuit wrongly and it caught fire, I was trying to make an oscillator but created a fantastic incendiary device, the design was correct but I connected the balanced supply rails the wrong way round on the board)
I have a a 100uF 50v capacitor, with a typical electrolytic look to it, photo attached (the can is about 1 inch long).
I'm starting to wonder if this really is a polarized electrolytic or polarized capacitor of any kind.
The leads are exactly the same length.
The are no markings on the end or side of the can to indicated which is +ve.
There is no indentation around the can on just one side, but they are on both sides!
In other words all 3 of conventions used to distinguish which lead is +ve are not there.
Here's a photo (which I've cropped to exclude the embarrassing melting of my breadboard when I connected a UA741 circuit wrongly and it caught fire, I was trying to make an oscillator but created a fantastic incendiary device, the design was correct but I connected the balanced supply rails the wrong way round on the board)
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