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
Ex KEPCO BOP 50-8M Bipolar Power Supply (functioning fine prior to dismantling)
Disc Ceramic Capacitor
Z5U Series
Value: 0.1uF
Voltage: 500V DC
Tolerance: ± 20% (M)
Radial leads
General purpose capacitor, known to show wide variations in value due to environmental conditions and circuit design operating conditions. See my test results below ...
LABEL INDENTIFICATION ON THE BODY
Z5U
104M
500V
DIMENSIONS:
Body: 2.75mm thickness x 25mm diameter
Leads: 10.5mm Length x 0.68mm diameter tinned wire
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
Ex KEPCO Power Supply equipment
CLEAN
Leads are shiny and ready to be made use of once again
TESTING:
Wherever possible I like to test used components, these have been tested and the capacitance values are:
71.18nF
73.02nF
71.53nF
71.68nF
This means they are all OUT of tolerance, all have gone low and around 30% down from the nominal value. At least they are all consistent!
*** Where the photograph shows multiple components, this advertisement is for ONE capacitor only - not all that are shown! Seems obvious but some people actually ask me this!
