[sdiy] Newbie question: caps

[patchell]

    Your looking in the wrong catalogs...
    http://www.mouser.com
    http://www.digikey.com
    http://www.jameco.com
    etc...

    Mylar is a plastic.  It is used as the dialectric.  Mylar capacitors are of
medium to high quality.  They are good for non critical timing circuits, audio
coupling, etc.

    At one time, even radio shack carried mylar capacitors (I don't get there
very often, so I don't know if they still do).

Krispyfry at aol.com wrote:

> hey everyone. first-time poster, medium-time lurker. quick question. what is
> a mylar capacitor? why doesn't it appear in any catalogues, and are there any
> equivalents that i can use? i saw it in electronic projects for musicians,
> which is pretty old.
>
>                                     thanks in advance,
>                                     krispy fry

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