MCR II power supply - what is C205 supposed to be?

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I'm working on a MCR II power supply here from a Spy Hunter. There is some minor battery damage, but nothing I can't repair. But, looking at the board, there is a part labeled "C205", which I would expect to be a capacitor. The schematics call for a 820pF capacitor here. But what is on the board is an 820 Ohm 1/4 W resistor. This appears to be original, it doesn't look like the board has been worked on previously.

So is the board right, and this is supposed to be a resistor? Or are the schematics right and this should be a capacitor?

Also, right below this is R216. Schematics say it's 82 Ohm, but don't give a wattage rating. It's a big thing, though, not the usual little 1/4 W part. What should this be? I'm thinking 5W or so, just guessing based on its size.

The part number on the front of the board is A082-90412-D000.
 
c205 is a resistor on my tested working spy hunter linear power board so the board is right. :)
 
I just checked 5 MCR power supplies setting in the shop.....on every one, C205 is a cap.

Just an FYI.....some manufacturers "stripe" small capacitors to denote their value. These will look strikingly like a resistor.

Edward
 
Hm. Ok, so maybe that's what I'm looking at. It has a body that looks like a 1/4 W resistor, and stripes that if it's a resistor, it's an 820 Ohm one. But it's really a cap?
 
I just checked 5 MCR power supplies setting in the shop.....on every one, C205 is a cap.

Just an FYI.....some manufacturers "stripe" small capacitors to denote their value. These will look strikingly like a resistor.

Edward

> These will look strikingly like a resistor.

I yield to your greater expertise. But damn, it looks like a resistor.
 
Here's mine:

It's heavily zoomed from an old picture I'd taken but it should be good enough.

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...and just an FYI on this one......sometimes inductors will be marked with color bands like this one in your picture.

The more you are around this stuff, and work on it........you'll be able to tell the difference between a resistor/capacitor/inductor. The color band denotions always throw people off at first.

Edward
 
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