Re: Tantalum/Multilayer Ceramic/Electrolytic and Polarity

Posted by Beaker on Jan 03, 2015; 11:25pm
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Tantalum-Multilayer-Ceramic-Electrolytic-and-Polarity-tp16156p16178.html

"The only issue/confusion I have is about polarity. I figured in most cases electrolytics were used not just because of their value, but because they are polarized."

I'm pretty sure it works the other way round - polarised electrolytics are "specified", not because they need to be polarised, rather the polarity is shown simply because it is hard to find non-polarised capacitors in values of over 1uF.