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What's the rubber pad for on Radial Capacitors?

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ducatiman583

Electrical
Feb 19, 2007
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Please could someone tell me the purpose of the rubber pad on the base of some radial capacitors? Is it desirable to squash the pad to minimise rocking of the capacitor once inserted in to a PCB? Thanks.
 
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