Team-BHP (https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/)

-   In-Car Entertainment (https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/car-entertainment/)

-   -   Car Audio Advice from the Audio Gurus: Use "Search thread" before posting a new Q! (https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/car-entertainment/6427-car-audio-advice-audio-gurus-use-search-thread-before-posting-new-q-460.html)

navinji,

can you tell me how to identify different type of capacitors? i asked my electronic stoe guy for ctr metallized polyester caps(4.7uf and 2.2uf for my infinity 6x9s) he said he didnt have ctr so he gave me some "BC CAPS". MPEA V 5 4.7mf k 250 is written on the cap. the cap has a yellow outside covering with shiny maroon inside.

is it a polyester cap? as i was planning to replace the bipolar electrolytics on my infinity 6x9s.

OT. would like to know if precision caps are available in india. for e.g. a 1% tolerance cap. i need some for my LC meter project. im stuck due to this. accuracy of the meter depends on what tolerance caps i use.


awaiting your reply
cheers
clip

Post a photo clip, it will make it easier to identify.

ill post in sometime. thanks. can you identify a cap by looking at it? i have never been able to except for some like electrolytics, ceramic disc, tantalum.

baki you are the guru log so i rely on you guys to help me :)

cheers
clip

are you sure he said BC caps not Vishay. those markings look like Vishay.

do they look like these
Capacitors - Vishay - Film, Pulse-AC/Precision (Film)
or these
Capacitors - Vishay - Polyester, Radial
or these
MKT 1813 - C-values 470 pF - 22 µF, Voltage 63 - 1000 VDC, Low Profile, AXIAL - Vishay Capacitors
or these
KP 374 - AC and Pulse Polypropylene Film Foil Capacitors KP Radial Epoxy Lacquered Type - Vishay Capacitors

Vishay makes 1% caps too but you have to import them.

Before I was married I used to travel 10-12 times a year so I used to buy my stuff from the US. After getting married and having a family I hardly travel so I ask my BIL in singapore to order stuff for me and keep them at his place. then if I go there i just carry all of it back in one go.

here, im posting the pics.

when will these things be available off the shelf in India? :( can you believe heat shrink tubing isnt available in my city? its really sad.





cheers
clip

Those caps do look like CTRs but they dont look as well made. I have not heard of BC caps and initially thought you were refering to BC Components (which was merged into Vishay).

Clip, I can get the components arranged but how do I get these to Jalandar?

you can get the components in india or from another country? navinji, ill wait till i go to delhi. ill buy whatever i want from there. and if i dont get the things from delhi then toh ill need your help. i might visit bombay in the near future.

cheers
clip

sorry I meant CTR. I can even get he 1% caps the next time I go to Sing (at Xmas) but I have no way to get them to Japandar.

Japandar is a place between Tokyo and Punjab isn't it?

thanks for the help navinji. ill see if i can manage to get the stuff picked up. ill let you know if possible. and please do get me 1% or lower caps. thanks again. :)

there is a punjab in japan also. lol punjap and the city is japandhar.lol just kidding.

sam bhai, you are always on the lookout for typos right? lol :) ill say it again. love your sense of humor. two thumbs up to you.

cheers
clip

Sam does not have to look beyond me. Most of my life I suffered from 2 maladies A.D.D and Dyslexia. The A.D.D improved after I got involved in Tennie (Volvo Tennis League) and Music (3 chord metaladies) but the Dyslexia is the same hence the typos keep surfacing.

Navin/Sam/Ajay - What do you guys think of current Nakamichi speakers? A prominent dealer in Delhi (Auto Marc aka Sanjay, LBM's dear friend!) is hard selling them.

I have no idea about how good or bad they are.

Nakamichi has lot much of it's sheen. I did get to listen to a pair of components (in fact I compared them to the Infintiy 6010 that are in my wife's car) and I did not like them enough. They looked well made and the bass was nice but the tweeter left much to be desired. For that matter I had already modified the 6010 XO so I dont know if I could have made the Naks sound nicer by doing the same.

What does LBM think (I presume he has heard them)?

A lot of Nakamichi has come in through some grey route: subs, comps, amps etc. Not heard any of it. Will let you know when I do. For a grey product it isn't exactly very cheap.