4-Lead Film Cap for XO?

[ZeroG]

Came across the right value film cap, but I've never seen this style and wonder how / if it can be used for an XO.

Do the leads on each side just get connected as one lead?

This might be a mylar cap. While I've seen mylar caps in XO, wouldn't MPP be preferable?

Thanks

 

[dshoaf]

Quick Google shows these guys: http://www.ascapacitor.com/products/prod_listing.asp

Don't see the EPS line, though. Might want to spend some time finding the pin out. Could be dual caps inside of 15mf each but pin out will tell. What do you get with measurements between the legs?

Cheers,

David

 

[ZeroG]

I couldn't find the cap online, either. I tried to measure the cap across one pair of leads, but it exceeded my meter's capacity (only goes up to 20uf).

What I read about caps with 4 leads is that the reason for the extra leads was to keep the size of the wire down to manageable size. I think this cap may have been meant for a motor, not sure.

Since my use of it would be for a speaker XO, I figure not much chance of blowing up something with some serious voltage running through it like on a power supply or main PCB.

It's for a pair of Atlantis Oracles that I don't want to invest $50 or more into for all film caps (they're already missing tweeters). I think these oval caps are mylar, though. I can parallel some MPPs I already have across them to get up to the 50 uf value I need.