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Mylar cap ??

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Henry Kolesnik

Jan 1, 1970
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I was at a hamfest looking for some mylar caps for a circuit that called for
them. I got several opinions on how to tell one and finally gave up. Are
there any sure fire ways to identiy a cap as mylar and why are they bettter
than a silver mica or others. Does anyone have a short chart comparing the
characteristics? How did we get by before mylar was used?
tnx
hank wd5jfr
 
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Robert Baer

Jan 1, 1970
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Henry said:
I was at a hamfest looking for some mylar caps for a circuit that called for
them. I got several opinions on how to tell one and finally gave up. Are
there any sure fire ways to identiy a cap as mylar and why are they bettter
than a silver mica or others. Does anyone have a short chart comparing the
characteristics? How did we get by before mylar was used?
tnx
hank wd5jfr

Micas are easy to spot, and ceramics are usually easy to spot.
Before mylar, there were paper and cermaic capacitors (along with the
micas).
 
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