[sdiy] capacitor ID

[Rude 66]

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>    Wow, gotta love the internet!  ;)

and digital camera's.. and cable access..;-)


>    Definately a tantalum (read _EVIL_!) 1uF 35V.  Use Electrolytic in
> stead if you really want to save yourself some future headaches!
>

what's bad about them? quality? tolerance?

>    Looks like tantalums again, so it's just like the first set, 1uF.
> Again, you might want to find something else to replace these with.
> More than likely these are doing nothing more than filtering the supply
> line to the IC's, so it would do to add a beefier part here anyway (you
> really don't want these shorting out the power line!).  Again I'd go with
> electrolytic.

beefier as in 'different material' or as in 'higher value'?



>
> > does that help?
>
>    Immensely!  Hope we've been of help too!


so far excellent! now all i have to do is translate all this into dutch for
the guy at the electronics shop to understand it..;-)


btw that stain is not a heat stain, but rather some type of glue or glue
residue. (you mean the white stuff, right?)


thanks guys!

r./