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Re: Capacitor Questions - which ones should I order?
« Reply #30 on: December 26, 2010, 09:04:15 PM »
with your last question, i am going to learn something too..

if one of the guy's know the answer ofcourse  :D

probably not important..
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Re: Capacitor Questions - which ones should I order?
« Reply #31 on: December 26, 2010, 09:09:52 PM »
To be honest: I have no clue what it could mean....
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Re: Capacitor Questions - which ones should I order?
« Reply #32 on: December 28, 2010, 06:08:48 PM »
next question: can i always replace axial with radial capacitors and vice versa (assuming that they fit in the holes)?
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Re: Capacitor Questions - which ones should I order?
« Reply #33 on: December 28, 2010, 06:29:17 PM »
As long as you put the + and - at the correct spots: YES !
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Re: Capacitor Questions - which ones should I order?
« Reply #34 on: December 28, 2010, 06:57:21 PM »
i usually bent the + around to the other side, because in general this end is longer than the -

to be sure to avoid shorts, i put some shrink tube around the +

By the way , some more info about Capacitors:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYH9dGl4gUE&feature=fvw
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Re: Capacitor Questions - which ones should I order?
« Reply #35 on: December 30, 2010, 08:07:28 PM »
Ah so the cap is a Dutch invention eh..... ;D ;D ;D ;D

Nice video !!
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Re: Capacitor Questions - which ones should I order?
« Reply #36 on: December 30, 2010, 08:10:09 PM »
Quote from: Level42 on December 30, 2010, 08:07:28 PM
Ah so the cap is a Dutch invention eh..... ;D ;D ;D ;D

Nice video !!
Not exactly, its made his debute with the leidenjar by the dutchguy , but before some german guy discoverd it with a bottle of water..

all the "make presents" video's are very learnfull (at least to me they are..  ;))
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Re: Capacitor Questions - which ones should I order?
« Reply #37 on: January 03, 2011, 08:59:07 PM »
Well the German guy discovered the phenomena but didn't put it to practical use ;)
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