Capacitor polarity?
Posted: 09 Mar 2014, 23:51
Hi,
I soldered together a Big Muff clone based on the design and ready-to-build kit from Musikding.de .
It ain't working yet though...
What I was wondering: some of the film capacitors (aka the whitish boxy things) are marked with a dot, and the schematics also clearly mark a + side on the board.
By the power of deduction I conclude these things must have some kind of polarity. Looking at the current way I soldered this, I've probably screwed this up.
My questions:
- Am I correct in concluding these things have polarity? I'm reading some mixed opinions on that ...
- Which polarity does the dot mark?
- Some capacitors have no dot -> no polarity?
- Will using the capacitors with reverse polarity have fried them?
Schematic (copyright Musikding): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/414 ... schalt.pdf
Crappy phone-cam picture of the board:
I soldered together a Big Muff clone based on the design and ready-to-build kit from Musikding.de .
It ain't working yet though...
What I was wondering: some of the film capacitors (aka the whitish boxy things) are marked with a dot, and the schematics also clearly mark a + side on the board.
By the power of deduction I conclude these things must have some kind of polarity. Looking at the current way I soldered this, I've probably screwed this up.
My questions:
- Am I correct in concluding these things have polarity? I'm reading some mixed opinions on that ...
- Which polarity does the dot mark?
- Some capacitors have no dot -> no polarity?
- Will using the capacitors with reverse polarity have fried them?
Schematic (copyright Musikding): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/414 ... schalt.pdf
Crappy phone-cam picture of the board: