[sdiy] Help with some Nichicon caps.. are they polar or not?!

[harrybissell]

They are bipolar (non-polarized)... the longer lead is meaningless,
but they usually use the same machines to make them so you get a long
lead
for free... they work fine in a polarized circuit.

rest easy !!!

H^) harry



Jeff Farr wrote:
> 
> Mouser P/N 647-uvp0j330mda
>  Datasheet: http://www.nichicon-us.com/english/seihin/pdfs/e-vp.pdf
> 
> Before I end up doing alot of desoldering I figured someone here would
> know.  They don't have the usual marking for the negative lead, so I'm
> assuming the positive lead is the longer one like on many other
> caps...  Would be a bummer if I'm wrong..
> 
> Also: how is a non-polar cap going to behave in a circuit that was
> meant for a polar one?