Cap Direction?

[marnold]

I'm hoping to finally wire up the treble bleed cap for my DK2M this weekend. I've got a bit ol' Orange Drop 600V cap. It's overkill, but it's all I could find locally. Anyway, before I solder this bad-boy in, is this cap directional? If so, how can I tell which direction the current is supposed to flow?

I plan on using the diagram here:
http://www.dominocs.com/AshBassGuitar/modtreble.html

If the cap is directional, I assume the current flows from the outside lug on the volume pot to the middle one?

[tunghaichuan]

Here is some info you might be interested in:

http://www.aikenamps.com/OutsideFoil.htm

It explains where and why you want to hook up the foil end of the cap.

However:


Also, some higher-voltage film caps (typically the 1000VDC/450VAC and higher values, such as the Orange Drop 716P high-voltage units) use a "series-wound" technique that has two separate sections, side by side, with a common "floating" connection layer, usually at the bottom of the layer stack. These caps will have no inherent shielding either.

However, basically an orange drop cap is non polarized, so it really doesn't matter which way it goes into the circuit. I wouldn't stress over it.



I'm hoping to finally wire up the treble bleed cap for my DK2M this weekend. I've got a bit ol' Orange Drop 600V cap. It's overkill, but it's all I could find locally. Anyway, before I solder this bad-boy in, is this cap directional? If so, how can I tell which direction the current is supposed to flow?

I plan on using the diagram here:
http://www.dominocs.com/AshBassGuitar/modtreble.html

If the cap is directional, I assume the current flows from the outside lug on the volume pot to the middle one?

[Tig]

Some caps should never go backwards... :nope
http://www.papamiket.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/0208081mugs7.jpg
:poke

[kiteman]

Lol!