elkos & elcos

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At 10:58 AM +0100 02/06/98, Haible Juergen wrote:
>	>Then again, I still don't know what he means by "elkos."
>
>Sorry for the delay. It's an abbreviation for Elektrolytkondensator
>that is very common in German. As the long word is almost the
>same in English, I wasn't aware that the abbreviation did not exist
>there.
>So what's the English short form of "electrolytic" ?

I'm assuming "kondensator" is German for "condenser" -- an old word for
"capacitor" generally now only used to describe a type of microphone.

As you know, "electrolytic" refers to a salt solution used inside the
capacitor.  So English for "Elektrolytkondensator" would be "electrolytic
capacitor."

In the United States, we call all types of capacitors "caps"  (eg. bypass
caps, filter caps).  Sometimes we call large electrolytic capacitors "cans"
because they look like little cans of food -- you'll hear often this used
by older speakers.

So do Germans call all caps "elkos" or just the electrolytic ones??

In the audio industry, an "elco" refers to a type of large multipin
connector used to connect consoles and multitracks.  I was wondering why a
stereo compressor needed a 56 pin connector ;)

PEACE OUT :)
MARK


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