Polarity of Caps/Resistors on Eyelet Board

8/30/2003 7:09 PM

Owen

Polarity of Caps/Resistors on Eyelet Board Okay, quick question here from a newbie with a as yet unstarted 5E3 kit. I have the layout diagram in from of me, and the eyelet board lined up the right way. Now, I have the bag of capacitors and resistors beside me. First question is a "rule" type question: Do resistors ALWAYS have a K on them, like in Ohms? And do Caps always have a F and a V on them? Basically, is this how I'm going to differentiate them, besides hooking up a voltmeter, or just looking at them?     I have some concept of electronics, but I want a hard fast rule here, if you please.     Then, which polarity is up and which is down on the eyelet board? Some of the caps and resitors are marked. Do the plus sides go down I assume? Are caps and resistors different in which way they have to go? I heard that it only matters with resistors.     I would assume, looking at the layout, that I should line them up with the numbers reading from down to up. So basically, if I put all the caps and resistors in with the numbers going down to up, that I won't even have to know which is + and which is -, i'll just line them up so they all read down to up!     Wow, thanks for reading this!