Re: low profile caps

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 1/8/03 2:03:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:



>3) They are electrolytic. This means that they can only be used in DC
>circuits, where the current flows in a single direction. In a HF AC circuit,
>they would not function.

Hi Jason, James, All,

Electrolytics on HF AC do function (as anti-personnel devices) ;-))) When 
they explode, the casing and boiling caustic electrolyte can blind, maim, 
and/or kill.
They are not only useless for TCs, they are dangerous outside of the uses 
for which they were intended: e.g. DC storage and filtering the ripple out 
of a DC supply.

Matt D.