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Old 28-11-2009, 12:43 PM
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I need to change 3 capacitors on a main board, i have removed the old capacitors have the new ones, but is the long rod on the capacitor + or - ?

On the mainboard it says + so need to know what it + on a capacitor

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Old 28-11-2009, 04:16 PM
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Positive is long lead, negative is short lead.

Usually they also have a band marking/arrow type thing on the body to show polarity.
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What he^^^ said.
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Old 28-11-2009, 06:21 PM
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just a quick thought why did they need changing, not a good thing for a cap to have issues..

ahhhh think i might have to say ebaytastic ....

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