Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00241
To: Jinzo@aol.com
From: "Chris Daniel" popjester@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 17:48:12 PST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Capcitors
>Hey all, sorry to bug again. I'm in the process of building my >first
SE right
>now. How do you tell which lead is + and which is - on a radial >cap?
There
>are no distinct markings, only one lead is longer than the other..
Well, generally the longer lead is positive. Think of it like this - It
takes more lines to make a + than a -, so the longer on is +. Same with
the power supply or battery symbol. LEDs are the same way.
>Also (the
>bot I'm building is a symet) instead of connecting wires to the
>walkman motor
>body, would that just go to the negative wire instead?
Yepp. Let me now how it goes.
Chris
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