Capacitor part marking

[Mike Manzara]

The kit parts list calls up capacitor "CO"maekd as 104. The only small capacitor lest is marked K5M. Is thiis the same part?

[WilliamS]

If im not mistaken the 104's are marked 104. I assembled my kits 8 months ago but I do recall the 104 as one of the smallest. It has a piece of paper attached to the legs with 104 written on it. K5M just indicates its a capacitor, theres nothing else on it such as .1uf or there was no paper attached stating it was C0 or 104?

I do know it was the smallest capacitor that came in the kit. Im assuming you do not have a multimeter to check the cap do you?

[Mike Manzara]

There was another no other number just the one I quoted and there was no other identification attached to the part. I do have a multi meter but it is not a Fluke and the one I have may not be sensitive eenough to provide auch a small reading. T o the electronically challenged it is frustrating when there are part substitutions that are not shoen on the substitution list provided. The transistors are also a different number last digit on the assembly drawing is 2 and the ones provided end in 3. If i had done this wwhen I was writing Tech Bulletins for a Military Contractor I would have been fired.

[Guest guest]

So if you have inserted all the other caps correctly, and have one left over...:cool:

Its been awhile since I built any (LOR) kits, but out of the dozen or so I did build myself, pretty sure I recall 104 being specifically labeled as Goofy explained.

A multimeter really isn't going to help you, fluke or otherwise, unless it is a capacitance meter.

There are no "transistors" in the kit, only triacs, and a couple regulators. If you count out the parts, mixed in with a little common sense, it should all make sense to you.

Won't even comment on tech bulletins written by the electronically challenged, for the military...:shock:

[WilliamS]

Thats right its a capacitor not a resistor sorry about that. Don has a point if the others are in place and correct, the smallest one will be it. Was there a small piece of brown tape with 104 written on it? That how all mine were labeled. When I get home tonight I can let you know what is marked on mine, but thats 6 hours from now.

[Guest wbottomley]

Mike Manzara wrote:

There was another no other number just the one I quoted and there was no other identification attached to the part. I do have a multi meter but it is not a Fluke and  the one I have may not be sensitive eenough to provide auch a small reading. T o the electronically challenged it is frustrating when there are part substitutions that are not shoen on the substitution list provided. The transistors are also a different number last digit on the assembly drawing is 2 and the ones provided end in 3. If i had done this wwhen I was writing Tech Bulletins for a Military Contractor  I would have been fired. 

Are you reading it in French or English?

[mikeosf]

Been out of the electronics game for a while but this ref sheet sure helps a lot

http://www.csgnetwork.com/capcodeinfo.html

Most of those number are short hand codes.

M.