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Boddney wrote:Hi Boyzdad,
do the caps have a polarity as one leg is longer than the other.![]()
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Yes, and it makes a difference.
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You can just make this out in the first pic in the thread, where the marking shows that both caps' negative leads are oriented towards the centre of the PCB.
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