Electonics

[flea_slap_god]

hey i need help with what a symbol is on a circuit diagram.

it looks like a capacitor but insted of it looking like

||

it looks like

|(

does anyone know what this symbol is, is it another type of capacitor?

Please Help

[crazy_caveman]

I think its a cap.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_(component)

half way down the first page there is about 4 symbols its in there.

[S-Tin-Gray]

Another symbol for an electrolytic (polarised) capacitor.
( is the negative end. So it's +|(-. Usually they just go +|| for an electrolytic cap, but some people like to be different.

[rh15951]

Random thought: How would variable capacitors affect an effects pedal? Time to mod the muff :p

[S-Tin-Gray]

Random thought: How would variable capacitors affect an effects pedal? Time to mod the muff :p

Generally, they don't come in knob-compatible pots, unfortunately. These days they might - I was going to hook one up to the tone control of my RG, but decided not to. I was paranoid about losing my valuable paper cap tone. But yeah, you basically set them with a screwdriver, if I remember correctly. Other than that, you could get a serious wah effect if you were hardcore enough... :smoke: