Product Overview
2A153J Radial Film Capacitor - 0.015uF (15nF), 5% Tolerance
Condition
Unused, New Old Stock. The photographed unit has a red epoxy-dipped rectangular body printed in two lines, a circled S logo followed by 2A on the first line and 153J on the second, with straight bright radial leads and no chips or cracks visible. The photo shows a representative unit from our stock of 50.
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Product Overview
This is the small dipped film capacitor that value-and-rating marking systems leave anonymous: 2A153J is an EIA code string, not a maker's ordering number, so nothing on the body names a manufacturer, a series or a dielectric formulation. What it does fix is the electrical description a buyer actually matches on: 15,000 pF at plus or minus 5 percent, in a radial through-hole body. We hold 50 of these on the shelf and sell them each.
Key Features
- Capacitance: 0.015uF (15nF, 15,000 pF) - the 153 in the marking is the EIA three-digit code, 15 followed by three zeros in picofarads
- Tolerance: plus or minus 5 percent (J, the EIA tolerance letter)
- Voltage: 2A is the EIA voltage code for 100 V, and sibling parts marked this way (2A104J and similar) are published by sellers as 100 V film capacitors. This is a decode of the marking, not a figure from a datasheet for this part, so confirm it against your circuit requirements before installation.
- Construction: film capacitor, non-polarized, red epoxy-dipped rectangular body
- Leads: two straight radial leads, through-hole
- Maker and series: not established. The only maker evidence on the body is a circled S logo, which we could not match to a named capacitor manufacturer.
- Body dimensions, lead pitch, temperature range, dissipation factor and life rating: not established for this part, so we publish none of them.
- No maker datasheet exists for this marking string to verify against, so verify the value and rating against the printed marking on the body you receive, and against your own design requirements, before designing it in.
Applications
- Audio coupling and tone-shaping networks
- Guitar amplifier and effects pedal builds
- RC timing networks on through-hole boards
- Signal filtering and vintage equipment service
Frequently Asked Questions
How many should I order?
Order the count your build needs. We have 50 on the shelf, so a handful for a pedal or a bench-stock count for a repair bench both come off the same shelf. Shipping is $8 flat rate and free on orders over $28, so small parts like this ship smartest as part of a larger order.
Does the circled S tell me who made it?
Not that we can establish. We looked, and the circled S on this body did not match a named capacitor manufacturer in the published logo references we checked, so we list it unbranded rather than guess. Everything else on the body is EIA code: 2A for the 100 V voltage code, 153 for 15,000 pF, J for plus or minus 5 percent. If you need a traceable maker and series, this is not the part for that job, and we would rather say so here than have it turn up as a surprise.
It is a dab of red epoxy with no name on it and a value you can read across the room, which is exactly what the fifth capacitor in a tone stack needs to be.
