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Re: Polarity of Caps/Resistors on Eyelet Board

9/1/2003 8:08 PM
Randy Perry	Re: Polarity of Caps/Resistors on Eyelet Board In the 5E3 circuit, there are 3 capacitors that are polarity specific; the 3 large capacitors. Take a look at Tom Sewards site, under "tweeddeluxe", "build", and see how he has layed out his circuit board. Resistors are non-polarity specific, you can put them in either way. Keep in mind too that you are dealing mainly with alternating current that changes polarity 120 times per second a.k.a. 60 cycle current. So for the most part, there is no +/up side or -/bottom side (or vice-versa). If you need to find out the value of a resistor, look up; http://www.dannyg.com/examples/res2/resistor.htm. Just select the corresponding color for the bands from the drop down list and it will give you the value of your resistor. If you have "Orange Drop" capacitors, they are not marked the same as other types. Go to the "Ampwares" site and under "home", in the left collumn at the bottom you'll see; "Capacitor Codes" and it will help you decipher the cap code on your Orange Drop capacitors. Putting your caps and resistors in, all facing the same direction is a good idea in only that it makes them easier to read after the circuit board is assembled, and AS LONG AS THE CIRCUIT DOESN'T CALL FOR THEM TO BE PUT IN OTHERWISE.

9/1/2003 8:08 PM

Randy Perry

Re: Polarity of Caps/Resistors on Eyelet Board

In the 5E3 circuit, there are 3 capacitors that are polarity specific; the 3 large capacitors. Take a look at Tom Sewards site, under "tweeddeluxe", "build", and see how he has layed out his circuit board. Resistors are non-polarity specific, you can put them in either way. Keep in mind too that you are dealing mainly with alternating current that changes polarity 120 times per second a.k.a. 60 cycle current. So for the most part, there is no +/up side or -/bottom side (or vice-versa). If you need to find out the value of a resistor, look up; http://www.dannyg.com/examples/res2/resistor.htm. Just select the corresponding color for the bands from the drop down list and it will give you the value of your resistor.
If you have "Orange Drop" capacitors, they are not marked the same as other types. Go to the "Ampwares" site and under "home", in the left collumn at the bottom you'll see; "Capacitor Codes" and it will help you decipher the cap code on your Orange Drop capacitors.
Putting your caps and resistors in, all facing the same direction is a good idea in only that it makes them easier to read after the circuit board is assembled, and AS LONG AS THE CIRCUIT DOESN'T CALL FOR THEM TO BE PUT IN OTHERWISE.