I used to repair the "horse" car amplifiers for a friend. They put a lead plate in the case to make them feel heavy and beefed-up. Very cheap stuff indeed. I wonder what the no-lead people would think of that practice!!!!! Dave -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Charles Caswell Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:10 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Strange Capacitor Not that strange at all. I have seen similar on some personal projects. mIt is unethical and dangerous but there are people out there who don't care. Look at cheap car stereo stuff. I won't name anybody, but if the name is like a horse watch out. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------