grnsky Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Hi. I just have one other question about the capacitors and resistors that came with my CORE kit from SmashTV. I know the direction matters on the larger capacitors with unequal lengths - longer stick is positive right? How about the other capacitors - the little blue ones that I believe are the 100nF and the little mustard color one that I believe is 330nF and then also the orange 33pF ones. Does the direction matter at ALL on those ones?Sorry, but I am not an engineer so I really don't know and I'm trying my best here not to screw up. I assume the resistors are all nondirectional (directional does not matter), is this correct?Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie3 Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 the longer lead indicates positive.resistors it doesnt matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philetaylor Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Just to clarify this, the little blue and mustard coloured capacitors (303nF 100nF and 33pF) are non-polarised so the direction of installation also doesn't matter. The electrolytic capacitors (the bigger ones) have lots of "-" signs on the body which indicates which is the negative terminal. ThanksPhil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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