Capacitor data PDF

[mcs]

I have assembled some of the codes/letters/colours that appear on (European) capacitors in a document. Perhaps it's usefull for others also.

Some of them are old or not very common, but the two-character date code and the single-letter tolerance code is widely used. The date codes are sometimes used on ICs also.

I have seen these codes on many different brands including Ero, Wima, Koweg/Electel, Philips, Arcotronics and Frolyt.

http://stiftsbogtrykkeriet.dk/~mcs/Capacitor_data.pdf

Best regards,

Mikkel C. Simonsen

 

[clintrubber]

Nice overview, thanks for posting :thumb:

For some more on tropical fish fun etc let's add this one as well:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~chickennerdpig/FILES/ColourCode_RC_9399-269-00601.jpg

(You're sure about the fifth 'voltage-band' ? Brown or Green ?
Brown would indeed make more sense: 100 V, but another Philips-chart I have mentions green as well)

Bye,

Peter

 

[mcs]

[quote author="clintrubber"](You're sure about the fifth 'voltage-band' ? Brown or Green ?
Brown would indeed make more sense: 100 V, but another Philips-chart I have mentions green as well)[/quote]
I was sure I had some 100V caps, but I can't find any. I just had a look in the '69 Pocketbook, and it only mentions 250V, 400V and 630V. Is it possible that 100V wasn't actually made?

Brown would make more sense than green though - this being the only colour-based code that makes any sense :wink:

Where did you find the green-code listed?

Best regards,

Mikkel C. Simonsen

 

[clintrubber]

Hi Mikkel,

Fully agreed, brown for 100 would make the most sense. But if the Philips-charts I have are correct (see the scan of one of them in the link above) then it'd be green for 100V :shock:

Maybe brown wasn't used 'at the side' of the cap to prevent that it would be harder to distinguish(sp?) from the underlying body material ?

Bye,

Peter

 

[mcs]

I have fixed the file now (same filename).

Best regards,

Mikkel C. Simonsen