HISTORY:
Sustainability is the name of the game! Anything (that has been tested and still functioning properly) should be repurposed creating saving in wasted Ee and reducing the poisoning our environment when items are buried in the earth at the local tip needlessly.
Never heard of Ee? It is a concept that creates a measurement of ALL things (not just electronics) that humans have made and the energy used in obtaining the raw material, processing the materials right through to a finished product and even should include the shipping of the item to the distributors/retailers.
If you would like to know more about Ee values, please take a look HERE
Oldies but goodies!
The equipment was dismantled due to a failed component which I could not get my hands on (special coils) so I extracted some of the "interesting" components in the hope they will give life to other equipment.
SOSHIN (Japan) is a well known mica capacitor manufacturer, their website is HERE
SOSHIN (JAPAN) - Silver Mica Capacitor
Dark Brown thermoset resin package with print that is quite difficult to read ...
Packing is marked as:
121K
SOSHIN
Tolerance: Not indicated on the package but I suspect this was 10 ~ 20% tolerance
500V DC
This maximum working voltage is based on all the information I could find about the SOSHIN coding system, it seems the K = 500V and is not a tolerance code
Nominal Value: 120pF
Termination: radial wire leads originally PCB mounted
I have four of these caps available at the moment, two have longer leads (15mm length) and remaining two have short leads (5mm length)
Component dimensions: 9.7mm Wide x 9.85mm Height x 2.5mm Thick
TESTING:
My measurements of each capacitor were in the range 111pF ~ 106pF
The two with the longer leads read 111pF & 110pF while the shorter leaded capacitors measured 106pF & 108pF
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
The leads remain readily solderable if somewhat short and fine for PCB or short distance point to point wiring
Now stored in sealed, labelled, clear plastic packets
*** Where the photograph shows multiple components, this advertisement is for ONE capacitor only - not all that are shown ***
