Electronics Fundamentals: Understanding Capacitors

[Tin Can]

Seems many here need basic electronics for DIY projects.

Here is a website with lots of that info. I shop there and have no pecuniary interests.

http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/worksho...One-on-One_EDU

[David Karp]

Thanks Randy!

[Nodda Duma]

Btw Jameco is a legitimate company... The Electrical Engineering group at work orders stuff from them all the time (as well as from Grainger, Digikey, etc).

I have no ties to them, just pointing out they are legit and well-known in industry.

[Pali K]

Thank you Randy!

[Tin Can]

This is another good supplier for tiny cheap electronics. They teach how to program and use micro controllers/computers. Watch their videos.

https://www.pololu.com/

[Drew Bedo]

Capacitors? A TV repair neighbor (old-time CRT/tube TV) once told me, "Its not dangerous if you keep one hand in your back pocket."

[EdSawyer]

it's still dangerous, even then.

[Jim C.]

FYI 600v flash capacitor in a DSLR is not lethal, don't ask me how I know

[Tin Can]

it's still dangerous, even then.

Not many are repairing old CRT. I have "restored" a couple nice wood cabinet TV's by throwing out the old guts. I save the tubes and put a cheap LED TV inside. Faux fool

[Alan Klein]

Can't recall the coding of capacitors but for resistors it's Bad Beer Ruts Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well. (Black 0 - Brown 1- Red 2 - Orange 3 - Yellow 4- Green5 -Blue 6 -Violet 7- Gray 8 - White9 ) There are some vulgar sayings for this too that I won't repeat here but can be found here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...code_mnemonics.