"do not load the cap"

[aman]

I have a schemetic which says for a bypass capacitor "do not load" or
"not to be installed". Doe anybody know the meaning of this phrase ?

 

[John Popelish]

aman wrote:

I have a schemetic which says for a bypass capacitor "do not load" or
"not to be installed". Doe anybody know the meaning of this phrase ?

I suspect that after the schematic was drawn, the capacitor was deemed
to be unnecessary (at least in certain circumstances). In other
words, it was decided that it wasn't cost effective to use it.

--
John Popelish

 

[aman]

Thanks John. It seems reasonable now that you say but "do not load"
just seemed to be a warning to me, but I may be wrong on this.

 

[Kitchen Man]

On 9 Mar 2005 19:41:44 -0800 in sci.electronics.basics, "aman"
<aman.bindra@gmail.com> wrote msg
<1110426104.028359.44910@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>:

Thanks John. It seems reasonable now that you say but "do not load"
just seemed to be a warning to me, but I may be wrong on this.

This is a WAG, but the "do not load" warning might have been a note not
meant to get past the development stage. I suspect there might have
been some empirical testing of the cap in the circuit without a load,
and a decision made not to include it in final design.

--
Al Brennan

 

[Dan Dunphy]

It means they layed out the board for a capacitor, but decided not to
install it. Load, in the context of building a circuit board, is the
process of installing the componants.
Dan
On 9 Mar 2005 15:42:27 -0800, "aman" <aman.bindra@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a schemetic which says for a bypass capacitor "do not load" or
"not to be installed". Doe anybody know the meaning of this phrase ?