Value of Capacitors? - Page 2

I believe it is 88mph, and Mr Fusion is a whole lot easier to use than lightning.

Altoid containers would be good for gold pins, until you get enough to move them into a bigger bin.



Guilty Admission: Sometimes I buy food for the containers. I eat the food, or someone in this place does, and I get to keep the cool containers. Those big plastic pretzel bins from Costco are awesome, as an example.

There are also Monolithic Ceramic Capacitors: Palladium and Silver

so how do you tell the differance between a tantal capacitor and a monolithic capacitor?

Originally Posted by 18c troll

so how do you tell the differance between a tantal capacitor and a monolithic capacitor?

I'd suggest reading and looking through lots of pictures and YouTube videos. Tantalum capacitors appearance varies greatly. I've been trying to figure everything out and have learned a lot but still have a lot to learn. Tantalum - positive side marked either by line or + sign. Some of the ceramic capacitors will have a line that's in the middle. The aluminum capacitors have vents on the top of them but if it doesn't have a vent it could still be other relative useless capacitor. If it has a R it's a resistor, some look like capacitors but they would have C. I prob didn't help but there is a lot of vague topics on it. I plan on learning everything and posting a solid video about all the shapes sizes colors etching of the different capacitors

I have some huge Prius hybrid inverter capacitors. I'm wondering what they are made of

Originally Posted by Roudeleiw

Hello Polecat,
tantal capacitors are worth removing them, but you will need a lot of them to collect a quantity worth selling.
Tantal is worth about 235$ / lb and most tantal capacitors are around 25% tantal. So the price I get from my dealer is 50-80$ / lb.
Not every capacitor is tantal ! google it

What are tantal capacitors?