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mark scetta (12:28 PM 10/7/1999) wrote:

>thanks for the backup, TJ! i tried a 0.1uf axial ceramic "104" cap soldered
>from MOTM-100's OUT ground to tip and am still getting the pitter patter of
>little feet.... should i try another cap or am i not wired right?

Ceramic 104?

Umm, I'm pretty stale in this but I think "104" can be read as a exponent,
so it would be "10 to the -4" which would make this a .0001uf cap.

I think a .1uf ceramic would be HUGE... Maybe not...


None the less, in order to get the properties that you need to suppress the
spike, you need to use a nonpolar electrolytic...


Mark

104 is 0.1uf.

101 = 100pf
102 = 1000pf = 0.001uf
103=0.01uf

Paul S.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Pulver <mpulver@...>
To: motm@onelist.com <motm@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 12:34 PM
Subject: [motm] Popping and Caps

>From: Mark Pulver <mpulver@...>
>
>mark scetta (12:28 PM 10/7/1999) wrote:
>
> >thanks for the backup, TJ! i tried a 0.1uf axial ceramic "104" cap

soldered

> >from MOTM-100's OUT ground to tip and am still getting the pitter patter

of

> >little feet.... should i try another cap or am i not wired right?
>
>Ceramic 104?
>
>Umm, I'm pretty stale in this but I think "104" can be read as a exponent,
>so it would be "10 to the -4" which would make this a .0001uf cap.
>
>I think a .1uf ceramic would be HUGE... Maybe not...
>
>
>None the less, in order to get the properties that you need to suppress the
>spike, you need to use a nonpolar electrolytic...
>
>
>Mark
>
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