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Salvage surface mount components

Step 3Ceramic Capacitors

Ceramic Capacitors
Ceramic Capacitors look like bricks dipped in metal at the ends. The usual colour is brown.

Ferrite beads (or inductors) look almost exactly the same, exept that these have continuity and are magnetic. And black.

The photo shows a bunch of ceramic capacitors, and a few inductors (lower left).

If you aren't confused already, there is more to come.
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Apr 11, 2009. 8:23 PMeric m says:
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