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RE: Capacitor Orientation

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In Reply to: RE: Capacitor Orientation posted by Tweekeng on May 29, 2007 at 19:43:09

Assuming that -V is the negative voltage rail, you should orient the capacitor with the green lead (outside foil) towards ground (-V). the Red or inside foil is the input side or +V. Current flows from positive to negative and the leads color code it from inside foil (+V or red) to outside foil (-V or green). Hope that this helps you out. This is the same orientation that you should install the capacitors for audio signal flow also.

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RE: Capacitor Orientation - Dave Garretson 04:58:43 05/30/07 (6)
- RE: Capacitor Orientation - Jim McShane 06:19:47 05/30/07 (5)
  - RE: Capacitor Orientation - Schu 10:47:38 05/30/07 (4)
    - RE: Capacitor Orientation - Jim McShane 06:23:27 05/31/07 (3)
      - RE: Capacitor Orientation - Schu 10:00:02 05/31/07 (2)
        
        RE: Capacitor Orientation - Jim McShane 10:58:08 05/31/07 (1)
        
        RE: Capacitor Orientation - Schu 11:48:18 06/01/07 (0)

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