Identyfying A Capacitor

Identyfying A Capacitor

Hi can anyone tell me the value of this very old capacitor i have in an
amplifier

It is about 1cm wide by 2cm tall. it has three thick colour bands on it,

Reading from the bottom up they go: Black, Red,Orange

Thanks
Gary

Re: Identyfying A Capacitor

Gary wrote:
> Hi can anyone tell me the value of this very old capacitor i have in an
> amplifier
>
> It is about 1cm wide by 2cm tall. it has three thick colour bands on it,
>
> Reading from the bottom up they go: Black, Red,Orange

Or maybe this one:
* w w w .csgnetwork . com /capcccalc.html

Or heck, just start here:
* w w w .google.ca/search?q=capacitor+color+codes

Re: Identyfying A Capacitor

Hello Matt

thanks very much for the first link it very useful

now do i read the colours from the bottom up or the top down.

Also this cap only has three colour bands does that matter?

The circuit only runs on 25v dc

Gary

Re: Identyfying A Capacitor

Gary wrote:
> Hello Matt
>
> thanks very much for the first link it very useful
>
> now do i read the colours from the bottom up or the top down.
>
> Also this cap only has three colour bands does that matter?
>
> The circuit only runs on 25v dc

Really hard to say without a picture of the cap. Is it ceramic, mylar,
tantalum, electrolytic, etc.?

Re: Identyfying A Capacitor



Gary wrote:

> Hi can anyone tell me the value of this very old capacitor i have in an
> amplifier
>
> It is about 1cm wide by 2cm tall. it has three thick colour bands on it,
>
> Reading from the bottom up they go: Black, Red,Orange

I think a picture will be necessary.

Can you post to alt.binaries.schematics.electronic ?

Graham

Re: Identyfying A Capacitor



Gary wrote:

> Hi can anyone tell me the value of this very old capacitor i have in an
> amplifier
>
> It is about 1cm wide by 2cm tall. it has three thick colour bands on it,
>
> Reading from the bottom up they go: Black, Red,Orange

Do they look anything like these in construction ?

* cgi.ebay.ca/MULLARD-C280-Capacitors-22uF-250V-4-PIECES-NOS_W0QQitemZ280150793887QQihZ018QQcategoryZ71573QQcmdZViewItem

* cgi.ebay . com /2-022uf-Mullard-Tropical-Fish-Capacitors-Fuzz-Wah-Peda_W0QQitemZ270164284876QQihZ017QQcategoryZ71573QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

* cgi.ebay . com /10-MULLARD-C280-1-0-uF-400V-CAPACITORS-VALVE-AMP_W0QQitemZ120158538838QQihZ002QQcategoryZ39997QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

Graham