its not that I don't believe you, but could you post pictures that would help to explain what the hell "taxidermy mice" are?
![](http://www.thebritishacademyoftaxidermy.org/files/cache/50b8f01e8b3185d6437dde0de3819e4d_f333.JPG)
Man, if I woke up in the night to hit the head and ran across those in the dark...
You'd sit there 5 minutes waiting for the little fuckers to finish!!!
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More traditionally, for quite some time it was a "thing" to dress them up in formal dolls' clothing and pose them as carolers, in family scenes, or detailed breakfast & dinner settings. I personally find the whole thing pretty morbid and unnatural; let the poor fuckers die, IMO.
That looks like those ancient exploding NiCd cells. I used to chuck them in a fire. That's what made them explode ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif)
I do have to say that there's something nice about that little circuit. Looks neat and purposeful.
Yeah, aside from the self-detonating 1st gen MMLC capacitor, it actually is quite elegant in its simplicity; I love the beauty of form following function. It does have me thinking about just getting 4 AAA NiMHs and dropping them in there; would double its runtime and probably brighter longer due to lower IR of modern cells. Just that for 2-ish watts, you can get so much more out of LED & LiPo.[/b][/color]
Except it isn't. Looks very much like Siemens uncoated MKT (foil) capacitor.
I thought the MKT line were rolled foil/polyester? These are definitely stacked and have solder pads on the ends; pretty sure it's plastic-coated ceramic.
Meh. It's a 40-ish year-old capacitor; by definition it's as likely to explode as do it's job every time you plug the damn thing in. ![Tongue :P](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
mnem
*charged*
The audio people love them. Whatever the reason. I prefer the encapsulated types.
![](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/?action=dlattach;attach=733470;image)
Those do sortof look the part... aside from the fact you can't see the stacking as obviously as with this one. These are what I typically associate with the type you're describing though. And looking at the PDFs you posted, it appears that the MKT product line includes both roll and stacked construction... I guess it is the fact it is made of metalized plastic film, whatever the construction? Any of these stacked ones have much more in common with a RIFA than any proper, trustworthy AL foil or ceramic cap IMO...
Not TEA related (but certainly related to funding more TEA and a bigger house to put it all in
), but I walked with my MS in Computer Science today. Looking forward to working for a little while before possibly adding shit piled higher and deeper! ![Evil >:D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/evil.gif)
Congrats now get a job you long haired hippy sponge ![Grin ;D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
Way back when I was fortunate to be among the last Australians to get free Tertiary education. In my third and forth years the then conservative tossers in charge changed that and started course charges with a post pre or post paid option paid back over time with increased Tax when earning over $X. Against that I was receiving a full government study assistance program which was enough for me to live on Campus and not starve.
Yeah, over here it's the newest branch of legalized loan sharking; very low interest rates but compounded daily, and if you take the lower payment rate options (which most can't afford not to, as the rate starts in the hundreds and then doubles or triples each year) then the loan "recapitalizes unpaid interest" every year. This then also gets compounded daily; such that I've been paying for nearly a decade, and still owe more than I ever received.
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mnem
*heeding Hypnos' siren call*