Cursitor Doom wrote:


whats a tropical fish cap?

I'm guessing you're under 30? Ebay's your friend:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-Mullard-Tropical-Fish-
Capacitors-47nF-0-047uF-250v-/360338287201?hash=item53e5d5ea61:m:mcN-
DqTXnkkcyUmSf_Gylog


** I've always known them as " liquorice block" caps - aka "liquorice allsorts".

http://previews.123rf.com/images/rob...o-allsorts.jpg

Made by Philips as the "2222 352" series PETP film in values from 1nF to 6.8uF.

Colour codes on caps never did catch on, these ones vanished in the early 1980s along with colour coded tantalums - remember them ?

PCBs used to look much prettier in those days when transistors and most op-amps had gold plated leads and shiny metal packs.


..... Phil