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Date:         Sat, 16 Jan 1999 00:16:22 -0800
Reply-To:     Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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From:         Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: Correct capacitor
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com, Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
          <cdcaston@NNI.COM>
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At 06:53 PM 1/15/99 -0500, you wrote: >I just visited my FLRS to purchase the capacitor for the AFM addition. > >There are two types: >tantalum (non-polarized) >& >electrolytic (polorized) >both are 22mfd and 35vdc > >They carry the electrolytic in stock but would have to order tantalum kind. >Which one do I buy? >Does it really make a difference? >What is the importance of the voltage if any? >Should I buy 10, 22, or 35 vdc? > >Thanks, > >Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne > I've never seen a non-polarized tantalum...look carefully for a teensy '+' on the side marked with the cap. value, closer to one leg than the other. Tantalums are more stable & longer lived than other types; electrolytics will fall apart with the under'hood' environment, & are too big to fit under the rubber boot (the tantallum @ 22 mfd is about the size of a jelly belly bean.

I'm not a professional electron chaser, so please flame away (correct) at will.

Austin


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