What Is Mylar Capacitor?

Mylar Capacitors a.k.a polyester capacitors (PET) are special type of capacitors with some unique features compared with ceramic and electrolytic capacitor. They can withstand high voltages in a relatively small package and provides high resistance against moisture.

What are Mylar capacitor used for?

Mylar Capacitors

Another type of film capacitor, mylar caps have the great properties of high heat and humidity resistance. Because of this, they are able to be used in harsher environment applications like power converters, lighting, timing and communications.

What are Mylar capacitors made of?

Polyester film capacitors are film capacitors using a dielectric made of the thermoplastic polar polymer material polyethylene terephthalate (PET), trade names Hostaphan or Mylar, from the polyester family. They are manufactured both as metallized wound and stacked versions, as well as film/foil types.