5 Aug
2021
5 Aug
'21
8:35 p.m.
They're probably actually ceramic, these are called "gap caps," and are often seen on Ethernet boards. They're used to provide a discharge path on things that may see spikes on external connections: https://www.vishay.com/docs/28521/gapkap.pdf If that's what they are, the gap is totally normal :) Thanks, Jonathan ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, August 5th, 2021 at 20:32, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I have a few boards with tant caps that have a thin slit down the middle of
them. Looks like this was done at the factory, not a tear or a blown cap.
early 90's.
Normal?
Bill