[sdiy] Starter Components - Capacitors

[Harry Bissell Jr]

Electrolytics have a short shelf live...

polystyrenes should be essentially unlimited

H^) harry



--- Senso <senso at dds.nl> wrote:

> > > If you get offered some cheap caps at bigger
> than the values for there
> > > normal range (10uF polyesters, 2n2F polystyrene
> etc then snap em up :-))
> >
> >I know there was someone on eBay selling axial 100n
> polystyrene's (+-20%
> >tolerance?!) for about a buck a piece not to long
> ago.
> 
> Good deals are always tempting, but what about the
> production date & 
> shelf-life of caps?
> Especially on eBay or similar places, you'll never
> know how old they are...
> 
> Senso
> 
>