ASM-1 Circuit Board Parts List

[gstopp at fibermux.com]

     Actually what I used on my prototype is two polycarbonate 0.47uF caps 
     in parallel.
     
     - Gene


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Subject: Re: ASM-1 Circuit Board Parts List
Author:  K.Dunnicliffe at uk22p.bull.co.uk at ccrelayout
Date:    4/29/96 11:17 AM

In his component list, Gene wrote :
     
>   * The 1uf unpolarized cap can be made from two 0.47uf non-polarized 
>     caps in parallel.
     
I thought that electrolytics degraded chemically if a continuous DC 
potential "the wrong way round" was applied to them. If that's true, 
shouldn't a 1uf unpolarised cap be built from two 2uf caps in series (with 
reversed connections as shown below) rather than 0.47's in parallel. If 
there's any constant DC voltage, then parallel connection would eventually 
blow one of them up wouldn't it ?