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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: uki on July 15, 2016, 12:05:27 am

Title: Is this a resistor or capacitor ?
Post by: uki on July 15, 2016, 12:05:27 am

Hey guys what is this component ? Resistor or capacitor ? To me looks like a cap,  160/5  500v   what does it mean, 160 pF, k, nF, uF ?

Meter doesn't read any resistance, and I don't have a cap meter.

Title: Re: Is this a resistor or capacitor ?
Post by: basschops1528 on July 15, 2016, 12:58:11 am

you could put 3-5V on it and see if an LED lights up when connected.

Title: Re: Is this a resistor or capacitor ?
Post by: kagliostro on July 15, 2016, 02:49:38 am

To me is a tube ceramic capacitor

(http://www.adiprospero.it/corsi/elettronica/lezione3/image/Foto-13.JPG)


(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Keramikkondensator_roehrchen_IMGP5376.jpg/220px-Keramikkondensator_roehrchen_IMGP5376.jpg)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic_capacitor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic_capacitor)

Franco

Title: Re: Is this a resistor or capacitor ?
Post by: uki on July 15, 2016, 05:27:35 pm

Nice info thanks !!

It is then a 160pF 5% 500v tube ceramic cap.

Can anyone confirm if it is pF ?

Title: Re: Is this a resistor or capacitor ?
Post by: sluckey on July 15, 2016, 05:37:29 pm

All that style cap that I've ever seen was pF.