Perhaps it's a bipolar disorder? ;)
One way to be absolutely sure would be to take a 24V power supply, and charge it in either direction. Use a 1k ohm or so resistor, so you don't make sparks or anything. If it doesn't blow up either direction, it's probably nonpolar.
The only reason I could think of for two different lead lengths is that the long one connects to the outer foil, which shouldn't really make any difference in a nonpolar.
Elna makes caps, but they don't have a whole listing on their website - they want you to order a catalog. Or you could call or email them.
Good Luck! Rich
NO..NO... Bi-Polar means TWO poles. Plus and a Negative.
You want NON-POLAR.
Regards,
Wayne
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aNever-mind. I'm having a hard time dealing with my dead brain cells.... bi-polar is non-polar.
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aI needed a 47uF cap. Not Polarized.
I went and bought what I thought I needed . The package says, CAP BP RDL 47uf 25v 5LS ELNA
I'm assuming that BP (Bi Polar) means that it can go in both directions. It doesn't have any of the [------] negative markings on it. I guess the thing that I'm a little mystified about is that the leads are different length. eg one is short and one is long, just like Electrolytic CAPS.
Most of the Non Polarized Caps I have seen (Ok I'm new to this so a 100 maybe) have legs that are equal in length. Am I parinoid? This is really a Non Polarized Cap right ??
Regards.
Zoloft for caps!
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Thanks all.
that's strange, maybe i missed the boat. Bi-Polar (Bidirectional)= ( both ways)? i think the markings in the Cap meant bi-directional polarity. maybe your thinking about a Bipolar transistor? i don't know, maybe the young recruits coming out of school now using different acronyms
i don't know if your aware of this, but you can take 2 polarized caps of double value and back to back them and get the same thing.
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Perhaps in a Parallel Universe we have manically depressed people popping Soft Caps and building microcontrollers out of Zoloft tabs.
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That should be series!!!! Your text sounds like inverse parallel.
Have you been smoking Si?
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