[sdiy] Newbie capacitor questions 2 - Return of the Cap.

[Paul Perry]

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From: "Mikael Mørup" > Am i correct inassuming that a capacitor named
Styroflex is the same as a
> polystyrene capacitor? Its a smalish grey cylindirc thing, and kind of old
> fashioned looking with axial leads, and comes in values from 47 pF to
10nF.
>
Googling around, it looks like Styroflex is the BASF company's name for
polystyrene.

But.. why not use ceramic NPO caps? they are actually guaranteed to have low
temp
coefficient (that is what the NPO means) plus, they are cheap & available.

paul perry Melbourne Australia