Abstract: In a capacitor of the wound metallized dielectric type, a section of resistive material is provided on a film forming the metallized dielectric, and this resistive material extends across the film's entire width (the axial dimension of the capacitor). A metal contact for one of the capacitor plates is sprayed on either end of the capacitor so as to touch one end of the section of resistive material, thereby creating a resistive shunt across the plates formed on the metallized film. The section of resistive material is preferably carbon-loaded paper which is secured over an unmetallized area to the film used to make the capacitor. The paper projects beyond either lateral edge of the film so that spraying metal on the ends of the capacitor causes the ends of the paper to be connected to respective capacitor plates.