LCR film capacitor FSC/EX120pF 1% 630V

A film capacitor I bought from Elements 14 (LCR FSC/EX120 pF 1% 630V - Elements order no. 952-0678) has a blue band at one end of the capacitor. What does this indicate? Polarity (for a film capacitor) or any special precautions to take in soldering? Kindly advise.

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rachaelp over 8 years ago +1

It's not stated in the data sheet and I haven't spent any time digging into these specific capacitors any further but I suspect it may be something along the lines of marking the outside jacket side of…
rachaelp over 8 years ago in reply to rachaelp +1

And to back up what's said in the video above, here is another website which talks about why there is a band end on some non-electrolytic capacitors: http://www.aikenamps.com/index.php/where-to-connect…
jw0752 over 8 years ago in reply to rachaelp +1

Hi Rachael, 50 years ago when a lot of the capacitors were foil wrapped the line was put on one end to indicate the outer foil. This allowed the capacitor, if used for decoupling, to be orientated so that…

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0 leekingsee over 8 years ago

Dear Rachael and John,

Thank you so much for helping me to understand more about this subject. It is a pity I don't possess the necessary equipment to carry out the tests.

Kindest regards
King
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0 leekingsee over 8 years ago in reply to leekingsee

Grateful thanks again, Rachael.

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0 leekingsee over 8 years ago in reply to leekingsee

Grateful thanks again, Rachael.

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0 rachaelp over 8 years ago in reply to leekingsee

You're welcome
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