Thread: Eddystone 850/2
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Old 22nd Sep 2021, 12:55 am   #15
thoyer454
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Default Re: Eddystone 850/2

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Originally Posted by turretslug View Post
Same with the various low-cost paper capacitors that were encapsulated in brittle red/brown/black plastic, the smaller ones often referred to as "rat-droppings" and about as useful by now.
When I first saw them I thought they were resistors. Then studied the schematic and saw they were caps. Measured capacitance is way out of spec so those were replaced also. Like their nick name...... rat droppings.... good one!

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