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Bart1701

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How do you identify the positive/negative leads on a capacitor?
« on: March 29, 2015, 10:15:32 AM »
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How do you identify the positive/negative leads on a capacitor - specifically this one?

This is a capacitor supplied with a Tsunami TSU-750. I looked on the internet and found lots of references to stripes on the negative side, or a "-" on that side.

Is the side with the big white arrow-looking graphic the negative side? And is the "rectangle" inside it supposed to be the "-" sign?

I have included photos of both sides of the capacitor.





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Bart
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Re: How do you identify the positive/negative leads on a capacitor?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2015, 10:27:07 AM »
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Quote from: Bart1701 on March 29, 2015, 10:15:32 AM
Is the side with the big white arrow-looking graphic the negative side? And is the "rectangle" inside it supposed to be the "-" sign?

Yes.
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Re: How do you identify the positive/negative leads on a capacitor?
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2015, 09:28:03 PM »
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And being ever helpful (as usual)  :D , to make things more confusing, that is how most (aluminum) electrolytic capacitors are identified. The negative side has a marking.

But tantalum caps (sometimes used in model railroading) have their positive lead marked.  :RUEffinKiddingMe:
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