verhoevenc Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 I ordered some .22 mf orange drop caps, same mf rating as like PRS's, etc. But when I got them, I noticed, HOLY COW these things are HUGE compared to the caps I'm used to seeing in guitars! Anyone know why? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 That's because the caps in guitars are .022mF caps, not .22mF caps . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Also, a 500V cap will be physically a lot larger than a 50V cap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted December 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 sorry, that was a typo. i ment .022mf, i got them from www.specialtyguitar.com Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted December 26, 2005 Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 That website won't come up for me now. Part of the difference may be that Orange Drops are high-voltage film caps usually used in guitar amps, while the normal "guitar caps" are regular old any-voltage ceramic disk caps. Like Paul said, high voltage caps are a LOT larger (because the dielectric layer must be thicker) within a cap type, and it may be that film caps are just bigger than ceramic caps as well - I don't ever use ceramic caps for anything but a bag of 'em for guitar tone controls, so I can't really compare . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted January 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 SO can I use it on my guitar? or should I just go out and get a tiny ceramic one??? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 They're probably fine. Film caps are typically sizeable. It certainly couldn't hurt to try them out in the guitar. Worst case: they don't work as you had hoped and your replace them. Better yet, you could test them with a multimeter. peace, russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 As long as you're sure it's the right capacitance, it should work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 well i know exactly what it is, it's a 600v .022mf cap. but I have no meter... so I guess I'll just try it. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Who sold you a 600V cap for your guitar? And, just out of curiosity, what did you pay for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Now that I'm thinking about it, I don't think it speifically said "for guitar" it was just on a guitar parts site... so I assumed. I got it from specialtyguitars.com and I think it was like 80 cents or something?? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Are you sure it isn't 600 millivolts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 (edited) Yeah, a 600V Orange Drop cap would be used as a coupling cap in a tube amp. No wonder it's so big! Edited January 4, 2006 by Paul Marossy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Once again, Paul nails it - that's a coupling cap for a tube amp. No worries though - so long as you can make room for it, it'll make a mighty fine tone cap (just not any better than a tiny 50 volt film cap). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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