Starting at the top reading left to right the first row of dots is two
digits and the multiplier.  The second row I don't remember well but I
think it was Tollerance, Temperature, and Voltage.

Sherpa Doug

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Paul [mailto:jamesp@INTERTEX.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:09 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [OT]: Re: nF vs. 1000pF
>
>
>  All,
>
>  What about the old Mica caps that had 5 or 6 dots on them.
>  Remember them?   Remember how to read them?
>
>                                            Regards,
>
>                                              Jim
>
>
>
> > I think I still remember how to read them!
> >
> > Then there were the very old bar resistors I remember in
> stuff I took
> > apart as a kid.  IIRC the body color was the first digit,
> end color was
> > the second digit, dot color was the multiplier.
> >
> > Sherpa Doug
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Bob Barr [mailto:bbarr@CALIFORNIA.COM]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:00 AM
> >> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> >> Subject: Re: [OT]: nF vs. 1000pF
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 03:05:30 -0500, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> >>
> >> <topic tag changed>
> >>
> >> <snip>
> >> >
> >> >Anyone remember the old mica capacitors that looked a bit
> >> like dominos
> >> >with dot codes?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Now, *that* goes back a ways.
> >>
> >> I think, at that point in time though, they were probably more
> >> commonly referred to as 'condensors' rather than 'capacitors'. :=)
> >>
> >> (And, yes, I'm probably showing my age with that comment.)
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards, Bob
> >>
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