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I have a bunch of those bipolar caps I bought by mistake, is it ok to substitute them for regular electrolytics?

Love the fishes although I must admit I was expecting vintage caps 

The nautitron is cool, I was planning something similar for mine but couldn't figure out how to do the dials in inkscape.

I just put together a capacitance meter from sparkfun, and it seems my caps are fine!
I highly recommend one of these kits if you want to be sure with those low value caps.

Cool, I guess putting some shrink tubing on the legs would be best then.
Thanks.

Hello again,
I had a quick search and couldn't find info about this.
I fancy using some mallory 150s in a project and I was wondering if, other than size and esthetics, there's any reason axial caps shouldn't be mounted standing up?

Andy.

Hi,
I've  been testing a bunch of caps in the pF range using my cheapo pocket meter and almost all of them are showing values lower than they should be. I know there is a range of tolerance but the differences are quite consistent. For example my 100pF caps read about 86pF, 120 is 100, 150 is 120. etc.
It doesn't seem to matter if the caps are ceramic, mica or panasonic film.

Do I have a load of caps that are a low (there are a few which seem to be ok) or should I be looking at buying a new meter?

Any help appreciated, thanks.

I'm Andy,
I've been making pedals based on books for a few years and recently found MadBean after looking for a harmonic energizer clone. I've bought a pork loin, kingslayer, some manglers and road rages and very impressed so far. Still waiting for the karateshop to be in stock, not long now.