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gold capacitors contain no gold

  • Thread starter Bernhard Kuemel
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Bernhard Kuemel

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi sec!

I thought gold caps achieved their remarkable capacity through the
use of thin gold foil but it turned out they rather use activated
charcoal with electrolyte. Why are they called gold caps then? Are
there capacitors utilizing gold foil?

First I thought the long run of gold foil was responsible for the
high internal resistance and thought they could make a connection
every few turns.

Bernhard
 
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Jamie

Jan 1, 1970
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Bernhard said:
Hi sec!

I thought gold caps achieved their remarkable capacity through the
use of thin gold foil but it turned out they rather use activated
charcoal with electrolyte. Why are they called gold caps then? Are
there capacitors utilizing gold foil?

First I thought the long run of gold foil was responsible for the
high internal resistance and thought they could make a connection
every few turns.

Bernhard
kind of reminds me of monster speaker wire.
 
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Tim Williams

Jan 1, 1970
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If you want gold in your caps (or any other resistive foil more expensive
than aluminum), you'll have to check out Audiophool products. $20 for a
0.22uF film cap, anyone? Hand wound so you *know* it's solid!

Tim
 
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Marc Popek

Jan 1, 1970
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REMINDS ME OF NASA'S "ZERO GRAVITY MARKETING A FEW YEARS BACK... THERE IS
NOT ZERO GRAVITY AT THE SPACE STATION EUTHER..

Marco
 
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