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Jidis · 9th November 2009

Hi,

I was replacing caps in a power amp recently and had an appropriately sized pair which were pulled from duty at a very early age. Problem is, they have a negative pin, a positive, then a third unknown. It registers nothing on my ESR meter. Can the two normal connections be used as a regular polar electrolytic or is this a whole different animal?

Thanks!

- forgot- > These are big caps BTW (10,000uF 50V)

9th November 2009	#1
Jidis Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,012 Thread Starter	3-Lead Electrolytic Caps? Hi, I was replacing caps in a power amp recently and had an appropriately sized pair which were pulled from duty at a very early age. Problem is, they have a negative pin, a positive, then a third unknown. It registers nothing on my ESR meter. Can the two normal connections be used as a regular polar electrolytic or is this a whole different animal? Thanks! - forgot- > These are big caps BTW (10,000uF 50V) Last edited by Jidis; 9th November 2009 at 02:58 AM.. Reason: specs