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Charles Hansen?

Posted by Lew (A) on July 11, 2016 at 11:09:12

In Reply to: I was joking... posted by Lew on July 5, 2016 at 07:41:44:

He is talking about capacitors. That is an entirely different kettle of fish. He is describing the fact that even film capacitors are "polar" in the sense that one lead will be attached to the outermost foil and the other to the inside of the foil. The former end should be attached to the low impedance of the two circuit elements that are connected in series by the capacitor. In a bypass application in a PS, the outer lead should be connected to ground. This makes a theoretical difference in noise level, not necessarily sonics. Truthfully, I observe this convention when installing film caps but I have never heard a problem when I did not observe it.

Edits: 07/11/16

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