Capacitor Identification

Nov 05, 2004 3 Replies

Im stumped on two capacitors I can't quite figure out their size. They are small capacitors One side has



470 A1J the other side has
804 AGC Is this one 470 micro F

The other one has;



235 RCV the other side has
4R7 A2D And is this one 235 micro F

Thanks


I might guess that it is 47 pF (4, 7, and no zeros) - but I might vary my guess based on the size of the capacitor.

As another poster suggests, 4R7 suggests a 4.7 ohm resistor.

235 doesn't seem to be a value - "23" isn't a standard value, but "22" is - 225 would be 2.2 uF

You will only rarely see capacitors or resistors with values specified to three digits.

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That's an odd value, 235uF...not impossible, though.

How is it shaped? 4R7 means a 4.7 ohm resistor, usually.

Tom

They are both a sort of gold/orange. Both are small perhaps a little smaller than a grain of rice. The 4R7 is a little more square than the 470. Perhaps I will try putting the one that you both think is a resister on the ohm meter and see if it reads the right amount. The reason I thought they were capacitors was that they look like the same kind of packageing and color as other capacitors I have.

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